1 Bedworth North & West

Bedworth North & West

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 533 A. B. Bonsor See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 472 A. Benn See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 449 A. Booth See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 491 A. Brey See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 482 A. Cairns See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 442 A. Chaplin See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 324/1 A. Dobson N/A Object to Hospital Lane development of 676 houses on Green Belt See response 535/1 land; not poor quality or useless, but produces crops every year - local people enjoy seeing this and prefer it to remain; schools and doctors' surgeries are oversubscribed in the area and takes time for new ones to become a reality; recent new social housing has altered the area considerably - more noise, anti-social behaviour, inconsiderate persons, more cars and loud motorbikes. We have suffered enough, and more mass housing will dwarf our small road of private houses - not a fair distribution; flood risk is high with regular problems when it rains heavily - adding concrete will impede drainage and worsen the problem; noise pollution is high due to M6 and more housing suggests more traffic pollution; prefer to walk in green fields rather than a street of houses. Quality of life will be worsened, not improved, if this development goes ahead, and it will not provide a 'safe place where communities are more cohesive, equitable and empowered'. 726/1 A. Gandon N/A Opposition to new housing on Hospital Lane is predictable, but Noted. The Plan has a number of hope it will go ahead. NIMBYs need to be reminded that their policies within it to help ensure that homes were once greenfields. There is a clear need for new development provides social and housing nationally and I want to be part of a community that is environmental benefits. For example welcoming and whose character and social mix can change and the sustainable design and construction evolve as many people come and go. Where particular localities policy CLIM1, green infrastructure have a dodgy reputation, these often change for the better with an policy INF2 and urban character and influx of new people. design quality policy ENV3 BUT the development must be as good as it can be, i.e. density of new housing may need to be less - space is really important; with excellent community facilities, e.g.. including (or nearby) green

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number spaces for BMX, biking and skateboarding (as it is currently a long trek to Miners Welfare Park); ensure new schools have lots of community space, both inside and outdoors. 532 A. Hoxtable See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 08/2 A. Ransom N/A Disagree with plan to build 676 houses at Hospital Lane: a vast See response 535/1 amount of beautiful green woody areas will be replaced by large houses and an even noisier secondary school. Live close to the primary school, and every morning and evening faced with a barrage of parents parking across mine and my neighbours front drive. Adding a secondary school would add more chaos. Bought our house because of the beautiful fields at the back as well as a lovely place to walk the dogs and play football with my child. The fields provide a large recreational opportunity to many residents in and around this area. Re-consider building on such a valuable piece of land that many people in this area enjoy. 471 A. Sargent See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 607 Anna Abbott N/A See above (606 Mark Abbott) See response 535/1 608 Anthony N/A See 606 see response 535/1 Erwin Abley 231/28 Arbury Estate Smiths Gore Noted. In April 2012, Full Council Locality 4: comments in respect of para 11.40 and Woodlands confirmed its commitment to place Green Belt Bedworth Woodlands into the Green Belt. § For reasons stated previously we object to the designation of further Green Belt land at the Woodlands as we do not believe the key tests in NPPF to have been met; and § In addition, we believe that some of this land has potential for a modest residential development area. That land, on the southern side of the proposed Green Belt area, has not been assessed as being of any sensitivity in the Landscape Character Capacity assessment (Volume 3: Site Analysis & Selection); § We have enclosed a concept plan within the attached report ‘Woodlands, Warwickshire: Opportunities and Constraints Appraisal’ which illustrates a concept for some 120 dwellings in this location.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 316/1 B. & E. See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 Wilson 487 B. Cross See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 484 B. E. Danks See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 438/1 B. Evans This productive agricultural Green Belt land provides home for See response 535/1 many types of wildlife, including bats, birds and mammals, some of them being protected species. Even if a piece of land is kept as a natural habitat, it would be small by comparison and would be placed in the middle of a housing estate, losing much of the wildlife in the process, by devastation caused to trees and hedgerows. 438/2 B. Evans Insufficient consideration to the points in comment 438/1. It See response 535/1 contradicts the council's wish to encompass ENV1 Policy, a policy which should be properly supported and not just given lip service. 438/3 B. Evans The proposed plan will put major strains on the health service, See response 535/1 schools and all other services, in an area where they are already struggling to cope. I see no evidence to suggest this has been effectively considered. 438/4 B. Evans It is insulting and annoying to think that your proposals of See response 535/1 providing a walkway and cycle path will increase the health standard in this area, as a development would be removing a far more natural network of footpaths that are currently used. A dedicated cycle path from the site to Bedworth's Town Centre would be difficult and expensive to achieve. We do not need a new housing estate to justify the need for cycle paths 438/5 B. Evans An extension of 676 low cost affordable and social type homes to See response 535/1 an existing estate that already consists of this type of housing with all the problems that this can bring should not even be considered, let alone put in a vision forward for an area. 438/6 B. Evans The plans own Sustainability document confirms that the site The SA is one piece of evidence proposal falls well short of being a viable asset to Bedworth's informing the overall decision making future. process. However, it should not solely be used to make decisions regarding sites. Its findings are meant to help mitigate issues in relation to policy and

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number site development. 575 B. Herriott See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 490 B. Jackson See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 445 B. Lundie See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 46/1 B. Lundie N/A Object to housing development at Hospital Lane: See response 535/1 Recreation - little recreational land in our immediate vicinity and many people exercise themselves and dogs. Solicitor advised the fields were greenfield, would not be built on and owned by Nicolas Chamberlaine and left to the people of Bedworth by Rev of Bedworth Parish for recreational purposes. Calling these fields as poor agricultural land amazes me as crops have been grown on the land every year. Wildlife - fields are the habitat of enormous amounts of wildlife - lesser spotted and greated spotted woodpeckers, great tits, blue tits, chaffinches, goldfinches, sparrows, thrushes and blackbirds. Wildlife in decline and will lose habitats and plantlife. Oak trees and hedgerows line the site - what will happen to these - tree preservation orders have mysteriously disappeared on developments. Flood water - My house and my neighbours are built on an 8ft concrete raft and every winter our gardens are under flood water. Has the area been tested for flood levels? Where will the surplus water flow when the development is bulit? Taking away fields that provide natural drainage will make the problem worse. Electricity supply - Regularly have electricity cuts now, so what will happen with so many more houses? Concerns about the safety of pylons and their magnetic fields on the site. Local infrastructure - Traffic congestion is appalling, especially at weekends since opening of Tesco, Aldi and Homeware stores. Not sufficient doctors, hospitals, etc. for 100s of new residents. Bus service inadequate for extra load. Nuneaton and Bedworth residents travel to Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, for treatment. Where will children play? Bedworth hardly has the infrstructure for such a development, and will eventually become part of Coventry or Nuneaton, taking away

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number greenspace. Unemployment - Already high umemployment in this area, so where will the jobs come from to support these extra families? Prologis and MIRA are for very specilised employees. 497 B. Moore See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 579 B. Ridgway See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 577 B. Taylor See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 731 Bedworth We the undersigned are opposed to the development of the Green See response 535/1 Heath Action Belt land on Hospital Lane. Development would have a really Group negative effect on the area and the existing infrastructure, and Petition completely spoil a space that is used by the public and the wildlife. It is an oasis, which lies between a noise and air polluting M6 motorway, an existing large area of development and busy local roads. 477 C. Calden See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 475 C. Copeland See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 494 C. J. Wileman See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 454 C. Mammon See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 516 C. Neale See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 325 C. Wilson See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 466 C. Winn See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 281/1 Cllr Brain n/a The land is within existing Green Belt and supports mature tress See 558/1. Hawkes including oak, ash, elm, birch and silver birch, and mature elder and holly hedgerows. Habitat for birds including great tits, blue tits, chaffinches, green finches, gold finches, woodpeckers, herons, thrushes, blackbirds, sparrows, sparrow hawkes and red kites. Owls, bats, frogs and redcap newts are also present in the area. Has the Wildlife and Countryside Act, The Conservation (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1994 and PPS9( Biodiversity and Geological Conservation) been considered? Priceless green land to loose it would be a blow to wildlife and people who value it; biodiversity should be protected. Assertion that this is poor agricutural land seems incorrect as has yielded crops year on year. Areas of the site are susceptible to flooding e.g. Cardigan Road

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number and Moat Farm Drive regularly flood, as existing storm drains seem insufficent. The road system is inadequate and will be unable to cope with an increased population. Roads around the proposed site are already congested by parked vehicles. Local primary and secondary schools are over-subscribed; require massive investment to accomodate population growth. The two secondary schools are academies and therefore the Local Authority cannot manage admissions policy. Local doctors are already over-subscribed and could not provide health facilities to additional population. If development happens developers must provide: resources for local schools, a new doctors surgery, take responsibilty to improve the storm and foul water drainage system and improve existing road structure including funding a slip road northbound onto the A444. 350 - Cllr Keith Options are mixed on adding north facing slip roads from The S Paramics modelling work will Section C Kondakor Newtown Road to the A444 Bedworth Bypass determine the appropriate transport (so called completing the diamond). My view is that it would have schemes. advantages in taking traffic off Bedworth Town Centre. I think the council should look at doing just the slip road onto the Northbound carriageway. 350 - Cllr Keith I am not convinced the Hospital Lane site SHS3 is the best See site selection background paper. Section C Kondakor location for all the 676 allocated new homes. I do believe Bedworth/Bulkington do need to allocate around 700 additional homes but it should be for the Bedworth/Bulkington public to agree on the best distribution. Site SHS3 is a long way from Bedworth Town Centre and has poor access to A444. 327/1 Colin Dobson n/a The site does not appear to have a mix of housing, amenities, The specific details of the site layout parks, play areas, green spaces or medical facilities. It is will be brought through at the planning concerning that this area will become the subject of social application stage. The Plan contains problems. policies to ensure provision is made for The current medical centre is considered to be a part of Coventry affordable housing, a suitable range and has long waits for appointments. and mix of housing tenures, types and 20% of any development should be given over to open spaces, sizes, and for specific groups such as walking routes, play areas, lakes and green spaces. Affordable older people.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number homes should be desirable to attract young professionals and provide a better mix of homes. This will not make Bedworth a See response 535/1 better place to live. 100/1 D & T Gray N/A When this starts, traffic will be a lot busier. People who live in this See response 535/1 area do not get an option. I live in Campion Close Elliot Gardens - been in my house 10.5 years and roads have not been adopted. As yet I thought 3 early people from other area get first choice. Not right. Understand the need for new houses but Newdigate School will not be able to cope with these people. Should be looking after our own, not people from other towns until our people are accommodated. 675/1 D. Byles Member of Object to proposed development of 676 houses on Green Belt See response 535/1 Parliament land at Hospital Lane. Green Belt land should be built on only as a last resort; there is no mention that the land is Green Belt in the Plan; a commitment to extend and protect the Green Belt and at the same time quietly annexing parts of it for unsustainable development betrays local residents to allow development of this land when they bought houses in the knowledge that the land was Green Belt and would be preserved. Many residents are concerned about the impact of 676 houses on public services and infrastructure that is already under unnacceptable strain in this area. The reference to "New primary school provision and expansion of Newdigate Primary School. Further investigation to determine the need for new secondary school provision” seems to be an afterthought. Many residents consider Hospital Lane would not be able to cope with the extra traffic this development would bring in. Questions what work has been done with the relevant authorities to provide realistic assurance that these developments would be made. The plan for the provision of infrastructure is vague, not just for this development, but across the Plan as a whole, and must be looked at again. 529 D. Casey See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 287/1 D. Daffen N/A Strongly oppose proposals for Hospital Lane: Lived in Hospital See response 535/1 Lane for 87 years and understand this is Green Belt land; noise

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number and traffic will be dreadful for residents of Bede Village; upsetting for elderly people; use footpaths for dog walking and children going to Ash Green School. No other fields around here; fields being used for agriculture; wildlife and trees will suffer. 514 D. Davies See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 470 D. Evans See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 507 D. Hobson See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 451 D. Jones See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 500 D. L. Welch See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 468 D. Tatlow See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 446 D. Tyerman See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 464 D. Warmson See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 518 E. Baker See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 506 E. Hammond See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 461 E. Wilkinson See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 492 E. Wright See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 509 F. G. Rose See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 456 F. Lucas See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 672/5 G. Mitchell AR Cartwright Allocate land at Bedworth Woodlands, map supplied, for a See 231/28. Ltd minimum of 1000 dwellings. No basis to justify the designation of Bedworth Woodlands as Green Belt. This approach is unsound and pursuing will waste public resources. NBBC's own officers and consultants conclude that Bedworth Woodlands is a sustainable location to accommodate new development - see Background Papers on Assessing Options for Strategic Housing Sites. The parties in control of NB20 are discussing proposals, that will be available shortly for development of this site. 517 G. R. Baker See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 460 G. Robson See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 508 H. Beesley See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 485 H. G. Danks See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 512 I. Benn See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 478 I. Duffy See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 528 I. Roberts See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 290/1 IF Daffen N/A Strongly object to building houses on Hospital Lane as it is Green See response 535/1

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number Belt. 306/1 J & M Rand N/A Object to Hospital Lane site: See response 535/1 Detrimental to the environment - good quality productive agricultural Green Belt land; attractive land in constant use by local people, having many pleasant walks and thoroughfares. Local infrastructure cannot sustain level of housing proposed - local schools and doctors' surgeries are oversubscribed; drainage and sewerage is inadequate with constant problems with drains in Goodyers End Lane; land is liable to frequent flooding impacting on local housing - building will exacerbate the problems; land is boggy for most of the year; local roads would not sustain the extra traffic - Hospital Lane is a quiet lane. Getting through Bedworth is horrendous at peak times, and Ash Green Lane is very slow. The extra traffic will make getting out onto Goodyers End Lane difficult at busy periods and is already a busy road. Detrimental impact due to people who have been allocated homes on Newdigate Estate - caused crime rates to rise. If these properties cause this amount of negative disruption, then what effect will 670 properties cause. Smaller pockets of housing can more easily be absorbed by the surrounding areas than a huge housing estate, virtually doubling the size of the current estate. It will be a ghetto. Land is teeming with wildlife and has well established very old trees and hedgerows. Rare and protected wildlife have been seen - 3 types of bat, owls, kestrels, sparrow hawks, buzzards, peregrine, lesser spotted and great spotted woodpeckers, long tailed tits, redwings and fieldfares, newts, frogs and toads, butterflies, moths, damsel and dragonflies. Taking away the habitat will take away the wildlife. Bedworth is known as a small town and there has already been massive growth in proportion to its original size. Why do we need to produce more dwellings? Build houses on smaller brownfield sites - builders are currently 'sitting on' nearly the proposed amount of properties, on brownfirld sites, waiting for the economy to improve. Do not use Green Belt land if this is the case. You are taking the easy and cheaper option of Green Belt land which once

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number used will be gone forever. Query how these properties will generate jobs when people in the construction industry are employed temporarily and no guarentee they will be local. New properties and more people do not 'magic up' new jobs but make a bad situation worse. Not convinced building is necessary and in Bedworth is very much unwanted. Time is required to look into the legality of what is happening. Bedworth people should have the decision about what happens here.

Looked at other sites of a similar size. Found two 'stand alone' sites, map supplied, that have little or no effect on surrounding areas and residents: 1. Field and barn structure, Bowling Green Lane 2. Back of RSM Industries, School Lane. Note this was one of the proposed sites which on a point system was next but one from the top for viable sites, whilst Hospital Lane was next but one from the bottom. Why was PDA8 discounted and Hospital Lane included. Suggest something suspicious and underhand is going on. 522 J. Beale See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 530 J. Casey See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 496 J. Cooper See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 473 J. Hinde See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 648 J. Hodges See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 480 J. Hunt See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 488 J. M. Radford See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 481 J. Maton See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 483 J. Newman See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 47/1 J. Newman N/A Opposed to housing and school development at Hospital Lane: See response 535/1 elderly people live here and value the peaceful neighbourhood that will be destroyed; the Green Belt land should be protected; the land is not poor agricultural land as crops are grown on these fileds every year; the fields are an oasis; I walk the dog, love the peacefulness of the fields and seeing wildlife - butterflies, moths, goldfinches, tits, woodpeckers, finches, birds of prey, pheasants;

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number plus moles, rabbits, foxes and hedgehogs. The veteran oak trees that line the hedges should be protected as Acute Oak Decline Disease is killing oaks in some parts of England. Fields are waterlogged during the winter months so where will the water go if these fields are developed. Experience 2 to 3 power cuts per year suggesting the electricity supply cannot cope with extra development. Is it legal/council policy to build houses by pylons. Building 25% affordable housing and housing for single people will not enhance our area. Elderly people especially are worried about large numbers of single unemployed people moving in with the social problems that follow. Bedworth has a problem with heavy drinkers; bottles and cans are left in fields and streets; problems with fly tipping and litter. These homes will increase crime and I dont want that on my doorstep. Not enough green areas for local children to play. 486 J. Plimbley See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 531 J. Stevens See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 576 J. Taylor See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 692/1 J. Warwick Prologis Prologis supports the proposed strategic extension to Prologis Noted. (Coventry) Ltd Park Coventry (PPC) for employment development in accordance with draft policies DEV3 and ECON2, subject to minor amendments to wording. The proposed extension land is wholly owned by Prologis UK Limited and is available for development, and deliverable, within the first phase of the Plan period. There have already been numerous enquiries about potential development schemes from interested parties. This reflects, in part, the current market conditions and land availability in this area.

Prologis believes the site will be developed quickly – detailed proposals have already been discussed with potential occupiers and draft drawings prepared for a prospective planning application - information supplied. Prologis also has a proven track record in delivering sustainable buildings that meet occupiers’ needs, on

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number time, as has been witnessed on PPC and other prime sites across the UK. The submission contains information on: Current Local Market Demand and Take-up, Access and Transport, Flood Risk, Ground Contamination, Ecology and Landscape to support the proposal. Details are summarised below: Current Local Demand and Take-Up

The Southern West Midlands area, which includes Nuneaton and Coventry, continues to enjoy the greatest volume of take-up in UK industrial and logistics sectors. Despite the countrywide decline in take-up volumes in 2011 and 2012, take-up in the Southern West Midlands grew in both years – exacerbating the squeeze on supply of quality buildings and driving a greater requirement to release land for further development. The Southern West Midlands is one of the strongest locations for regional distribution in the UK and also ranks highly for national distribution. The region’s success continues to be driven by the excellent road links and large pool of available labour, fundamentals which are unlikely to change. Occupier demand for distribution space has eaten into available standing stock and development land, over the last 24 months in particular. Notably there are now very few new or modern, quality buildings available. This has pushed occupiers down the design- and-build route. Much activity is focused around the Coventry/Nuneaton area where available space is in short supply. As a result of substantial demand and a dearth of new speculative supply, availability in the region has contracted significantly to 12.1% compared with 18.3% in Q4 2010. There is a shortage of larger units over 200,000 sq ft and even shorter supply of these sized units of new and modern quality. A Gerald Eve Spring Report - 'Prime Logistics' is supplied. 692/3 J. Warwick Prologis Prologis considers the requirements to support the development Comments will be taken into account (Coventry) Ltd proposal are relevant considerations, but suggest that there is when reviewing IDP and the currently no firm evidence to support them. They are based on the requirements for the proposal.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number the associated Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP). The IDP acknowledges that these represent a worst case scenario and may not all be necessary.

Amend paragraph 11.41 of the Borough Plan to read "development of this site may require" and concomitant changes are made to paragraph A.25 and associated table of requirements for site ECO3, as set out in the IDP. Prologis considers that these matters should be examined in more detail as part of any future planning applications. The suggested requirements are considered in broad terms within the environmental reports (supplied) on Access, Flood Risk, Geo-Environmental Assessment and Ecology. Foul Drainage and Water Supply added.

Access and Transport Concludes that there are good opportunities for non-car modes of travel due to existing infrastructure and proximity to large areas of population. A robust, worst case assessment of the level of impact of trips likely to be generated by development of the site has been carried out. This demonstrates that there should be no detrimental impact upon the operation of nearby road junctions and furthermore, there should certainly be no need for the road improvements identified within the IDP. The impact of the development would need to be assessed as part of a Transport Assessment to support any future planning application.

Flood Risk A Flood Risk Scoping study concludes that there is a low risk of flooding on this site, there is no indication of the piped watercourse/drainage system referred to in the IDP, the pond on site does not pose a significant risk of flooding, the local sewers are not considered a potential risk, there is limited risk from surface waters. A planning application would include a site specific Flood Risk Assessment.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number Ground Conditions Topsoil, glacial till overlying sandstone bedrock and coal measures are present. There are limited potential causes of contamination, made ground and plausible pollutant linkages between potential sources of contamination. Further work is recommended in terms of ground investigations and a coal mining risk assessment. Phase 1 Geo-environmental assessment: regulatory information from Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council indicates: No current or historic landfills within 500m of the site; Council does not classify the site or any neighbouring properties as “Contaminated Land” under section 78 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; No records of pollution incidents at or surrounding the site; and Council does not hold any information on private water abstractions within 1km of the site. Environment Agency response not been received by the time the report was issued.

Ecology Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey has been undertaken. No internationally, statutorily or non-statutorily designated sites of nature conservation interest were present within 5km/2km/1km respectively. The site comprises unmanaged semi-improved grassland bounded by plantation woodland and hedgerows. The majority of species present are considered common and easily replaceable within the proposed development site. Other habitats present include immature plantation, hedgerows, mature trees and scattered scrub – these should be retained where possible along the north, east and southern boundaries to provide structure to the proposed development. A pond close to the southern boundary of the site supports a population of Great Crested Newts and should be retained. The grassland habitat and associated areas of scrub are considered to provide suitable potential habitat for commuting and foraging reptiles. Recommended that a presence/absence survey be carried out prior to a planning application being made. The plantation, hedgerows, scrub and mature trees provide potential nesting and

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number foraging habitat for a range of bird species. Consultation responses indicate the presence of badgers within 1km of the site, and the extension land may provide suitable habitat for this species. No evidence of badgers was however observed during the survey, and it is considered that the green corridors/connections from the consultation records to the site are poor. Badgers are not, therefore, considered to be a constraint to development. To ensure that biodiversity is enhanced and corridors of movement maintained, it is recommended that trees, scrub and ponds are retained where feasible, and hedgerows enhanced with additional native planting where possible. Where non-native planting is used in landscape design, this should be selected for its value to wildlife, including simple flowered varieties and a diverse structure.

Landscape Reviewing the SHLAA and TEP studies, Prologis considers that the extension land represents a parcel of Green Belt that is of lower landscape value and which plays a lesser role in maintaining openness between settlements. This area forms part of the wider Keresley Urban Fringe, where the strength of landscape character is generally considered to be weak and landscape condition poor. The northern and eastern boundaries of the PPC extension land are however identified as important landscape features, which should be retained/reinforced. Foul Drainage and Water Supply - Developer enquiries to Severn Trent Water indicate provision of water supplies and disposal of foul drainage should not be problematical. Connections and capacity to supply the development are readily available. 436/1 Judith Gilbert n/a More housing may improve employment in the short term, but See response 535/1 what will happen in the long term as this is already an area of high unemployment? The schools are already full. Dr's panels are already full. Will there be extra provision? The proposals could mean well over an extra 1,000 cars. Could

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number the lane really cope with the additional traffic? The parking at Bede village is already problematic during the day. The extra traffic seems like an accident waiting to happen. There would be even greater problems during construction. Many people use the footpath over the fields daily, would this be protected? What will happen to the trees and wildlife which are disturbed and will any trees be protected? Concerned about social housing. What will the % be? Could this increase the crime rate? Will there be some provision for children/youth to engage their interests or would there be an increase in anti-social behaviour? Has all the waste land been built on before the fields? Do we really need all these extra houses in Bedworth? 435 Julie and N/A Development of this land will be detrimental to the environment. It see 535/1 Mick Rand is good quality, agricultural Green Belt land, which has always been very productive. It is a very attractive piece of land that is in constant use by the people of Bedworth Heath and has many pleasant walks and thoroughfares.

The local infrastructure cannot sustain the level of housing proposed. The local schools are already full and there is a waiting list at Ash Green. The doctor's surgery is also oversubscribed, making it difficult to get an appointment. The drainage and sewerage system is inadequate--we are constantly having problems on Goodyers Lane with drains. The land is also liable to frequent flooding which affects local housing. Building 676 homes will exarcebate flooding. Parts of the site are extremely boggy for most if not all of the year, although it does not stop the fields from being productive.

Hospital Lane is a quiet lane. The roads will not sustain the extra amount of traffic and getting through. Bedworth is horrendous at peak times now, with vehicles at a stand-still. The extra traffic that will be generated from building 676 homes will be unsustainable and unrealistic.

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The Newdigate Estate is a relatively small estste, which in the past was run-down, and has brought itself up, and is now mostly positive. Initially, however, the Estate had a detrimental effect with crime rates having increased. If this small estate can have such initial disruptions, consider the effect that 676 properties will have on the local area. It is possible for smaller pockets of housing to be absorbed into the surrounding areas but not for a large estate that will virtually double the size of the current estate.

The proposed development site is teeming with wildlife and has well established trees and hedgerows. Rare and protected wildlife have been seen on site. Indeed, from our garden we have seen three types of bat, which are all protected species. At other times we have seen barn owls and tawny owls as well as witnessing a family of kestrel feeding their brood. Other animals we have seen in the proposed development area include peregrine falcons, newts, frogs and toads, butterflies, moths, damsel and dragonflies. Both sparrow hawks and buzzards hunt this land regularly. Take the habitat away, the wildlife will follow.

Why should Bedworth have to accommodate more dwellings on Green Belt land? There are still many smaller sites that could be used to build houses. It was suggested in the Preferred Options that these properties would generate jobs. What jobs? There will be people employed in construction but there is no guarantee that the people employed will be locally based. New properties and more people do not magic-up new jobs. They just make a bad situation worse.

We have researched whether or not there are any other more suitable sites in the area and have found two sites which will have little or no effect on the surrounding areas. Together, the sites cover a similar area to that covered by Hospital Lane. The first site is off Bowling Green Lane, where there is an existing field and barn stucture. It is currently unsightly with a metal framework

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number standing. The second site is the land at the back of RSM Industries on School Lane, opposite the allotments (you may know it as PDA8). 519 K. Bennett See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 501 K. Drayford See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 521 K. Starkey See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 510 K. Winn See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 337/1 Karl Mayer Woodlands I must also ask for Bedworth Woodlands to be returned to the The Preferred Option proposes that Action Group Greenbelt once and for all. This has been council policy for near Bedworth Woodlands be designated as on a decade and every time I ask when and how it can be done I Green Belt. am told through the Local Plan, so lets do it!!!! 350E/14 Keith's N/A Bedworth Woodlands - Planning officers recommended Bedworth The appropach for selecting sites is set independent Woodlands (NB20 & NB21) for 1,610 homes but the Working out in the site selection background consultation Party wanted the land to become Green Belt. Government paper. It is noted that not everyone planning rules would make it very hard to designate as Green agrees with this. Belt. Some people have proposed development of NB21 to fund 2 The Council has adopted a policy to new slip roads onto the Bedworth by-pass (A444), called seek for the Woodlands to become completing the diamond. Of 16 answers: Green Belt. Support keeping NB20 as farmland 75% (12 responses) Support keeping NB21 as farmland 68.75% (11 responses) Support building housing on site NB20 12.50% (2 responses) Support building housing on site NB21 12.50% (2 responses) Support completing the diamond 43.75% (7 responses) Summary of Comments: Query why make one area Green Belt but rip up another area of Green Belt/farmland. No reference to Green Belt or ENV1 in the glossy brochure. This number of houses not needed. Government policy outlines it would be difficult to designate this land as Green Belt. Query what other options were considered in terms of deciding the preferred option to allow me to be able to make an informed decision. Major ground instability, mining and subsidence in this area. Watershed of England lies here. NE water drains to the Trent and SW water drains to the Severn. Ground has poor engineering

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number quality for foundations. These 2 sites should be developed for housing and funding would improve access onto the A444. Some housing on NB21 acceptable in terms of infrastructure, transport and access to employment by public transport, but a pedestrian access over A444 would be necessary. 350E/13 Keith's N/A SHS3 Hospital Lane Strategic Housing Site - D1 Hospital Lane is The strategic sites will be reviewed as independent proposed for 676 homes in Green Belt. Of 15 answers: part of the development of the Plan. consultation It should be used for 676 new Homes 33.33% (5 responses) It should be used for Employment 0% (0 responses) It should remain as farmland and Green belt 66.67% (10 responses) Summary of Comments: Build homes on this site as part of an equal spread of new homes around the Borough, where possible adjacent to where new jobs will be created. This is Green Belt and open countryside. My house overlooks countryside - will I be compensated for these plans? Use brownfield sites and fill empty council houses first. Town and road infrastructure is not sufficient for this level of population. New schools and shops will be needed. Need to complete northbound side of diamond. 493 L. Bottrill See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 503 L. Crane See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 479 L. Grass See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 444 L. Green See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 226 L. Hayward & See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 C. Hayward 458 L. Jones See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 443 L. Meggison See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 474 L. Smith See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 457 M. Adams See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 495 M. Collins See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 465 M. Dix See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 498 M. E. Rose See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 598/1 M. Eagland Avant Homes Delete land at Grove Lane, Keresley from the Green Belt and This parcel is unlikely to support either Ltd allocate for residential development: Nuneaton or Bedworth, the two main 1. Keresley has a local housing role in the settlement hierarchy. settlements in the hierarchy. The parcel Whilst there are proposals to extend Prologis Park, there is no would not support a strategic urban housing growth planned for Keresley. New housing should be extension to either Nuneaton or provided in Keresley to address market and affordable housing Bedworth. The landscape appraisal needs, and to foster sustainable travel to the new employment identifies that the land makes an opportunity at Prologis Park. important contribution to the separation 2. When the Grove Lane commitment of 38 dwellings is built, only of the dispersed settlement pattern in 2 small housing sites of 10 dwellings east of Bennetts Road and this area. See Site Selection Exhall Road/Bennetts Road will be available. These sites are too background papers. small to deliver a mainstream housing scheme or affordable housing. 3. The housing strategy directs 58% of the Borough's housing needs to 4 urban extensions to the urban areas of Nuneaton and Bedworth on Green Belt land. This approach will not provide for choice or sufficient housing at the time required as these schemes will have long lead in times due to size and complexity. There is a finite amount of housing that the housing industry will be able to deliver in these limited locations. 4.Potential to create a sustainable residential scheme. Appeal site at Grove Lane, Keresley refers to bus services on Bennetts Road and that the site is within walking distance of a range of services - primary school, shops, medical practice, clinic, library, community centre and sports and social club and employment opportunities. 5. The site is Green Belt but the Coventry Joint Green Belt Review, extracts supplied, concludes this parcel was one of the least constrained and should be considered in a future plan review as development land. 6. When considered against the Green Belt purposes, the site does not play a function in terms of preventing Keresley and Ash Green from merging into one another; it does not safeguard the setting or special character of a historic town; the settlement envelope has been extended by the recent development on Grove Lane, and the M6 provides a strong physical barrier to the north; Development would not encroach on the countryside as it would

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number for the identified sites; it would play a similar role in terms of assisting urban regeneration as the identified sites. The focus of the Plan is to direct development on existing urban areas, there also needs to be an element of edge of settlement development to provide choice to the housing market. Urban brownfield sites are more likely to suffer from viability issues that will impact on their ability to deliver affordable housing and essential infrastructure. 7. Development would incorporate landscape buffers on northern and eastern boundaries and existing hedgerow boundaries will be strengthened with new trees and planting. 462 M. Fields See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 455 M. Grant See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 459 M. H. Wright See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 07/1 M. Parnell N/A Disagree with development at Hospital Lane for the following See response 535/1 reasons: 1) Green Belt land; 2) local community including schools, shops, recreational areas will not be able to cope with the development; 3) When it rains the fields flood, sometimes even coming through the gardens of the houses on Mavor Drive, so the homes would flood; 4) House prices would decline; 5) Lived for 18yrs in a nice quite area near a school, not to be part of a large noisy, cramped council estate. Do not want to be overlooked in my south facing garden as this will be intrusive; 6) sewage works will need a complete overhaul as would not cope with the new plan; 7) roads will be overcrowded and the paths around the area already need repair but are left due to lack of money, how are you going to keep the new ones in good working order; 8) All the new development has gone into Nuneaton not Bedworth so this development should not go ahead; 9) animal life will be disturbed; 10) Some houses in this area are not selling, so how will new homes be sold, or would they just be standing there empty for vandals and vagrants to occupy.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 489 M. Sue See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 717/5 M. Sullivan CPRE The proposal to include Bedworth Woodlands in the Green Belt is See 231/28. Warwickshire strongly supported. Exceptional circumstances can be demonstrated, and Bedworth Woodlands would meet the majority of tests for including land in the Green Belt. It would fulfil several of the purposes of Green Belt.

These reasons are not set out in the Plan and should be included. Include a firm statement giving the reasons why Bedworth Woodlands meets the tests for inclusion in the Green Belt. 717/6 M. Sullivan CPRE The proposal for new housing at SHS3 is not supported. This is See response 535/1 Warwickshire not a sustainable location for a major new housing development. It is 3 km (2 miles) from the centre of Bedworth as measured directly and somewhat longer by distance along existing roads. It would be west of the A444 Bedworth Bypass and have little or no community connection with the town and would be car-dependent.

A landscape which has field-enclosure features and other historic value would be lost.

Other locations for housing which are closer to Bedworth Town Centre and better able to be accessed by bus and cycle should be examined. Development west of the A444 Bedworth Bypass should be restrained as this has acted (and in part still is) as the western boundary of the town.

Delete Strategic Housing Site SHS3 and review alternatives, probably a number of smaller sites, not one large one. 511 M. Wileman See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 463 M. Wilkinson See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 606 Mark Abbott N/A 1. The ground on which the development is proposed is good See response 535/1 fertile land with crops. Further, this land is Green Belt, not greenfield as the Council call it. The land is much used and appreciated by local residents. Furthermore the land was left to the people for local residents to enjoy, so you do them no favours

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number in even considering this land, especially as it came next to last in your scoring system.

2. We moved into this area because of the land in question's Green Belt status, which has protection against this kind of development.

3. The Core Strategy's document states "... sites in the countryside and Green Belt land would be attractive to commercial house builders. More affordable housing could be sought".

4. Flooding. There are several areas affected by serious flooding in the area. This is not mentioned in the document, nor does it state what will be done to resolve the flooding and prevent it from worsening or spreading to other areas.

5. Transport Links. The area is not well served by transport into the Town Centre. There are a few buses, the roads are in bad repair and suffer from tail-backs and bottle-necks. This has been made worse by the traffic lights at Tesco. Adding another 1000+ cars will only exacerbate the current situation. The poor connection to Bedworth Town Centre undermines its role and any growth opportunities.

6. M6. The M6 is already overloaded at peak times and there are regular accidents further along towards Birmingham. Extra traffic onto the M6 is going to make the situation worse. There will also be an increasing amount of noise in an area that already suffers from an incessant amount of noise.

7. Loss of Agricultural Land. There has been a complete failure to assess the economic loss of agricultural land on the economy.

8. Health and Education. Both doctor's surgeries and schools are already overstretched in the area. Large housing developments are going to put an increased strain on them. The results of this

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number will be a need to expand schools, causing yet more chaos. It could also mean that doctor's surgeries may be forced to relocate to larger premises, causing problems for those who rely on having a local practice. It already takes two weeks or longer to get an appointment. As an example, I could not get a local appointment and had to go to Coventry. This will cause unacceptable waiting times for an appointment.

9. Lack of Recreational Facilities. There is far too much emphasis on housing and little on recreation. The density of the proposed development is exactly the same as the type of development that has seen problems already.

10. Crime. There will be a detrimental effect on the amount of crime in the area. With lower cost housing, which is going to be social housing, there is a greater likelihood that there will be an increase in crime and especially youth crime.

11. Lack of Employment Opportunities. The expected growth in Prologis Park will be too small to support the number of new people in the area. Further, there is already serious unemployment in the Nuneaton/Bedworth areas. Available jobs will not be held specifically for people moving into the new homes or any other area.

12. Environmental Issues. There has been a total failure to identify and protect irreplaceable hedges and trees, many of which appear on maps dating from 1840. Wildlife is already under considerable threat across the countryside. Bees particularly are under threat as more of their habitat is removed. Without bees and other pollinating species there will be a massive and irreversible impact on crop growing throughout the country.

13. Public Access to the Green Belt. The development will decrease access to the Green Belt, when the government requirement is to increase it.

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14. Green Space. There is little space allocated for allotments and green spaces.

15. Failure to Identify Land as Green Belt. The Plan fails to identify the Hospital Lane site as Green Belt and that it is to be removed from that status to be built on.

16. Walking Time. The Plan states that George Eliot Hospital is 30 minutes walk away. It is in fact 1.5 hours walk. The hospital is also in severe trouble and does not have a good reputation. If it can't cope now how is it going to improve with the expected increase in population.

17. Bedworth Town Centre. There is a lack of planning to make any improvements to Bedworth Town Centre, and too much emphasis on the growth of Nuneaton Town Centre. Serious changes are needed to improve traffic flow through Bedworth and some rectification is required for the ridiculous traffic lights near the new Tesco.

18. Other Developments. The distinctiveness of the area will be lost. This development, together with the other 700 plus dwellings already earmarked, will bring about continuous development across Bedworth, from west to east. On top of this there are other areas with planning permission and developers are holding off in order to obtain more money. This issue needs to be addressed.

19. Current Services. The Bedworth Heath area has already seen much major development and all services are overloaded.

20. Sustainability Report. The Sustainability Report scores badly for this development and yet it has been chosen ahead of others. The only high score was given for putting lots of affordable housing on site. No other high scores were recorded. 275/1 Martin n/a The roads in the area are not capable or wide enough of coping See response 535/1

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number Burdett with increased traffic. Newtown Road and Wheelwright Lane already suffer tail backs. Some of best agricultural land in the county as grade 3. Doctors at Goodyers End already have extensive waits, cannot cope with additional patients. Social problems already exist within the estate. George Eliot Hospital has insufficient capacity. Bird species on the site include tawny owls, little owls, barn owls, kestrels, sparrow hawks, spotted woodpeckers, yellow hammers, reed buntings, pheasants, partridges (red and grey legged), goldcrests, finches, blackbirds, thrushes (song and mistle), and pipestrelle bats. Lack of employment in the area. I believe that the chairman of the Nicholas Chamberlain Trust has no legal right to sell the land, as it belongs to the people of Bedworth who it was originally bequeathed to. 150/1 Miss J SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. Impracticalities of see 535/1 Radford existing structure of Hospital Lane (the road itself). 676 homes are too many to add to this area. This lane needs to be straightened to cope with large increase in traffic and speed restrictions applied. Well over 1,000 extra vehicles are likely to be using it giving added danger to elderly residents at Bede Village who need to cross the road. Houses will be too close together; extra schools will be needed; doctors surgeries are already oversubscribed. Altogether far too much for this area to cope with. 728 Miss L M N/A While I appreciate and support the building of new affordable 1. See response 535/1. Edwards housing and realise job opportunities are vital, and the industries 2. The Borough Plan Preferred Options which are relevant today have to be exploited (warehouses?), the contained information that was scale and level of change suggested for our area is breeding available at the time. Further details worry and fear. will be available at the submission stage of the Plan although full details Before discussing the Plan seriously we need to know in a lot will not come forward until the planning more detail what is being planned. The Plan is very vague. Could application stage. Additional we have more information please. infrastructure information will be contained in the IDP. 682 Mr & Mrs N/A I wish to object to the above development for the following See response 535/1 Rymell reasons:-

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a) The Land is good quality, productive agricultural, Green Belt land, which is well used and easily accessible by many of the local residents.

b) The Green Belt land should be protected for both the current community and also our children who my never get to appreciate our Green Belt

c) Having lived in the area all of my life, I am very concerned about the long term flooding issues that I have witnessed, and would be very concerned what would happen if the lane was unable to soak away the surface water that falls on the fields, as I know the road drains are not capable of dealing with the surface water, and every year the roads are almost impassable due to the poor drainage.

d) I would also question the ability of the current sewerage system to cope with an extra 676 houses without some major improvement and the disruption this will cause. I would ask you to look at the problems the development of Bede village had when it was first built and the time the residents had to call out Seven Trent to deal with these issues.

e) There has already been both large and small development projects in the area that have reduced the land over which the residents can take exercise and enjoy. This has had the effect of overloading the services in the area, making it harder for all of us to access these services. Given the reduction of funding for both the Council, Police and Health Service, I cannot see how this problem will be resolved satisfactorily.

f) The sustainability report scores badly for this development and yet it has been chosen ahead of others anyway. The only high score was given for the ability to build high density housing on the site, as you would expect when you build on any green site.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number No other benefits were identified.

g) I can therefore only conclude that building on this site will only have a negative effect on both the area and the residents. 206/1 Mr Brian n/a There is currently no industry in the area to support the proposed The approach taken towards economic Moore 650 homes or, 650 homes x min2 people= 13,000 people new to growth is ambitious. It adopts a 1.5% this area without a job. Development should be industry - creating jobs growth per annum creating 12,000 a need for people, then a need for homes and then somewhere to additional jobs over the Plan period. live. Land has been allocated within the Preferred Option to meet this growth level. 206/1 Mr Brian n/a The site is currently agricultural land, if it goes, where will food See 558/1. Moore come from? The lower end of the site is in a dip and as the land is clay and is likely to flood with the little stream unable to cope with the extra surface water created. About 20 years ago the Local Authority refused a building application for this site because the roads leading to the site were of an insufficient size to cope with the amount of traffic which would be generated. It also stated that there was insufficient service resource. 206/1 Mr Brian n/a Sites which are desolate and derelict should be used first. See 565/1. Moore Bedworth has a larger building percentage footprint than Site allocations have been made in line Nuneaton. This should be equalised first. with the settlement hierarchy. 206/1 Mr Brian n/a Regularly see foxes, hedgehogs, field mice, great and blue tits, Public Footpaths will be protected. The Moore green and gold finches, woodpeckers, dunocks, hawks, herons, Green Infrastructure Plan seeks to redcaps, newts, frogs, frogs spawn and moles. All of these enhance and/or create recreational breeding creatures would be lost. There are trees over 50 years spaces and routes. old including oak, ash, elm, holly, elder, birch, silver birch and The Council must plan for the meadow grass which would be lost. objectively assessed housing needs for the housing market area in line with the NPPF. The Plan seeks to maximise the use of brownfield land however there isn't enough to meet all of the housing requirements. The Council has a strategy for bringing back into use empty homes but these properties

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number cannot be discounted from the housing target. The Plan proposed urban extensions to meet the needs of a growing population.

The Plan contains policies to protect, mitigate or offset biodiversity and habitat losses. Further work on ecology will be undertaken. 206/1 Mr Brian n/a The area is mentioned in the middle ages and recorded on a map The Council are undertaking an Historic Moore of Warwickshire as a hamlet in 1610, with many footpaths and Environment Assessment to consider rights of way, crossing the proposed development site which are the heritage assets of the strategic sites still used daily. Local authority housing estate was previously and reasonable alternatives. forced on the area to house miners from other areas of Warwickshire which created many problems. 437/1 Mr Clive n/a Infrastructure does not support the proposals, roads leading into Noted Jones Bedworth and Coventry are already severely congested at peak times and would therefore need extensive alterations to divert traffic through or around Bedworth Town Centre and main route to Coventry along Ash Green Lane/ Wheelwright Lane. This would worsen through the anticipated 1000 additional vehicles in the area. Hospital Lane is only made a of a light construction and would require resurfacing before development could take place. It has previously been shown to be incapable of supporting HGV traffic. 437/1 Mr Clive n/a Hospital and doctors surgeries in the area are already suffering See response 535/1 Jones from oversubscription, forcing patients to travel elsewhere. 437/1 Mr Clive n/a Police, fire and ambulance services have suffered from cuts See response 535/1 Jones recently. Development would lead to increased pressure on services and therefore would need reviewing. 437/1 Mr Clive n/a Water pipes in the area are old and suffer from frequent leaks. See response 535/1 Jones Flooding has been a recorded problem in Cardigan Road, Mavor Drive and Hospital Lane during periods of heavy rain. Water runs off fields close to Moat Farm Drive, breaking up the road surface in Hospital Lane. Residential properties suffer garden flooding and

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number need protection around homes. Building more homes will exacerbate this. 437/1 Mr Clive n/a The loss of Green Belt/agricultural land has not been accounted See response 535/1 Jones for. Good quality land should not be taken in for development unless lesser sites have been used first. The loss of trees and hedgerows, some of which date back to 1840 does not tie in with ENV1; there will be a significant impact on wildlife living on the site. Provides valuable access to recreation areas. Improves the profile of the area. 437/1 Mr Clive n/a The air quality will be measurably affected. So close to the M6, The Council’s Environmental Health Jones when the wind is in a south to south west or westerly direction this team monitors air quality across the will result in severe pollution. Development will further reduce the Borough. The traffic implications are air quality, which will need to be accurately monitored and taken account of in the s-paramics assessed. modelling along with the appropriate mitigation measures 437/1 Mr Clive n/a Insufficient employment creation to support all additional housing. See response 535/1 Jones 437/1 Mr Clive n/a The site evaluation is inaccurate and misleading. The land See response 535/1 Jones benefits from pleasant land, footpaths and uninterrupted views to Rugby. To the south the only two barn conversions are the visible buildings. To the west are views across open countryside to Corley Moor. Crops are successfully grown on the site. (photographs provided to support this) 298/1 Mr Dennis n/a The road infrastructure cannot support the development, it would See response 535/1 Allen be sensible to have 2 smaller developments, 1 north and 1 south of Hospital Lane to save on the costs of improving the infrastructure. 144/1 Mr E Payne SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. Planning see 535/1 permission to build garages for residents of Bede Village, also an emergency driveway out of the village, was refused on the grounds that it was Green Belt land. Hospital Lane is not suitable or wide enough for more traffic. Local facilities, re doctors, shops, etc. could not cope with such a large development. The site mentioned is Green Belt. 209/1 Mr Fred n/a Will consume land which is used by joggers, walkers and there is See response 535/1

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number Lucas no similar recreational area within the locality. 676 homes will increase footfall and traffic and have a detrimental impact on the area which is already under-policed and under-served by general practioners, opticians and similar services and furthermore put pressure on the already overworked fire and ambulance services. Is it proposed that services will increase as a result of the revenue of building? How will the Geroge Eliot cope?

The land is good quality, productive, agricutural, Green Belt land which is well used, easily accessible and very much appreciated by local residents. There has been a failure to assess the economic impact of the loss of agricutural land.

The core startegy document states "sites in the countryside and Green Belt land would be attractive to commercial housebuilders. More affordable housing could be sought" This conflicts with the purpose of Green Belt, and the government requirement that "local planning authorities should plan positively to enhance the benefical use of the Green Belt, such as looking for opportunities to provide access: to provide opportunities for outdoor sport and recreation; to retain and enhance landscapes, visual amenity and biodiversity" The removal of this land from Green Belt is not documented in the Borough Plan nor is its current status acknowledged. There has been a failure to identify and protect irreplaceable hedges and trees, many of these hedges appear on maps from 1840. removal of these would be contray to the council ENV1 policy. Long term flooding problems in the area are not addressed in the plan and there is a failure to ensure the extra development will not increase flooding elsewhere. The sustainabilty report for this development identifies that this development "will not directly enhance the vitality and viabilty of the town centres, thus, potentially undermining the town centre's role and regeneration opportunities." Schools are oversubscribed, so too are the doctors' surgeries, as

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number patients have to wait over two weeks to get an appointment or travel to other areas to be seen. There is no provision for extra healthcare and the secondary school allocation has been ignored. Crime in the area is already high, police numbers are being cut, the fire service has been cut. The impact of crime has failed to be assessed for any of the proposed development areas. The sustainabilty report contains question marks. The local hosiptal, which in your documentation is reported as being a 30 minute walk away is in fact 1.5 hours walk away. Cannot adequately sustain 676 additional dwellings. The sustainabilty report scores this development badly and yet it has been chosen ahead of others that have higher scores. The only double positive score was given for outing affordable housing on the site, no other double positives were identified. On balance the scores were negative in the short, medium and long terms, indicating that such a development is not suitable. 146/1 Mr H Troop SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. Green Belt see 535/1 concerns; Increase in traffic on Hospital Lane. Our understanding is that no building should be allowed on any Green Belt land. Hospital Lane is already a shortcut through to the M6 with 670 more properties the lane will just not support the 1,000+ extra cars these properties will generate. Please re-consider this application. 139/1 Mr P Beale SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. I am against the see 535/1 building of houses on productive agricultural land (Green Belt) with rights of way. We chose a retirement village in a quiet rural area, i.e. with green fields and footpaths. With this many houses it would entirely destroy the ambiance of Hospital Lane. Incidentally, we were denied a second safety access road because of Green Belt restrictions. 148/1 Mr R Cross SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. I think that the see 535/1 re SHS3 Planning Committee have been a little short sighted on choosing the location of Hospital Lane as a proposed housing site. No one see site selection background paper for from the planning department has seen fit to visit the site of Bede other sites put forward. Village situated on Hospital Lane. This village is a retirement / assisted living independant / nursing home, accomodating 125 see 231/28 re Bedworth Woodlands

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number residents. I can't see the logic of extending the woodland site [to site Green Belt] and proposing to build in Hospital Lane which is a greenfield site. To build 676 new houses in Hospital Lane would have a serious impact on the living standards of the residents of Bede Village. The extra traffic would cause a serious problem to any villager who has mobility problems. This area is already a problem. Many villagers use the area designated for new housing as a country walk. Currently it is an ideal place for us to use because it is off the road. Many elderly / retired people come to live in Bede Village for the above reason. I would hope that the planners will take the above comments into consideration before proceeding with the proposal. 643/1 Mr R Dean N/A The assessment of the proposed housing allocation at Hospital See 565/1 re brownfield Lane as being in moderate to poor condition is untrue. The land is See 558/1 re agricultural land in good condition and there is a good crop of oats to be harvested. classification. Recent Government figures show that Britain only produces 2/3rds of the food consumed. Therefore we should not be building over arable land. There are plenty of brownfield sites to use only half a mile to the north at the old Newdigate Pit. This is just rough scrubland and would be perfect for development. 141/1 Mr R Jackson SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. Have grave see 535/1 & Mrs B concerns about the proposed addition of 676 new build homes in Jackson Hospital Lane, Bedworth. Concern at the loss of Open Space/Farmland/Greenbelt. Concern that local infrastructure cannot sustain 676 new build dwellings including the extra number of people and vehicles who would use Hospital Lane. The highway considerations do not appear to have been addressed, as Hospital Lane is a narrow twisting road which existing vehicles travel at med/high speed. The access to Goodyear End Lane has very poor sight lines due to parked vehicles outside garage (sometimes on both sides of the road). Longer yellow lines would be essential if the development went ahead. Also no consideration appears to have been taken into account of the elderly at Bede Village , Hospital Lane, who would suffer extra noise and fast traffic which would endanger their well-being.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 149/1 Mrs B SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. Hospital Lane, not see 535/1 Turnecliff road. The impact of 676 homes would basically turn this Lane into a main road. Which would be catastrophic for elderly people living in Bede Village and the surrounding area. Why should this be allowed on Green Belt land, and Bede Village were unable to get plans passed to use the driveway at the start of the village. The extra flow of traffic added to the already busy lane would be very unsafe for residents. Added to that, you would need extra schools , doctors & police. If it did go ahead, (God forbid) how could we be sure they were going to British nationals and not immigrants. We have all seen in the newspapers what happens when they move in. 565/1 Mrs J Hunt, N/A Hospital Lane is already a busy road. During the course of living 1. See 558/1 Miss S Hunt in this area for 35 years, there have been numerous traffic 2. The Borough Plan must plan to meet and Mr R accidents, incidents and parking problems associated with the objectively assessed housing needs. Hunt doctor's surgery. The development therefore will make traffic The Plan seeks to maximise the use of problems even worse than they are now. If an access road was brownfield land however there isn't put through Mavor Drive people will then use the walkway as a enough to meet all of the housing short cut for the doctors, schools, shops and bus stops, etc., requirements. leading to an increase in anti-social behaviour, noise, dog mess, 3. The Council has a strategy for litter, etc. There must be other areas better suited for housing bringing back into use empty homes but than Hospital Lane. these properties cannot be discounted from the housing target. Do we really need all these extra dwelling as there are a considerable amount of houses that could be redeveloped in the Borough. 12/1 Mrs Jane n/a 7,900 new homes in the Borough. 4550 on “greenfield” sites!!!!! a., c and d. See 565/1 Brookes (the size of Whitestone) b. Is not a planning matter. a) Who is going to buy all these properties and how are they going to pay for them? b) If benefit claimants are housed in 'affordable’ housing, how is the council tax paid by the rest of us going to pay for it? (capital purchase, i.e. the properties, then housing benefit payments to pay the rent and council tax for the occupants? Is this going to draw in claimants from anywhere/everywhere else in the UK and further afield?) 34

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number c) All properties currently on the market (as long as appropriately valued) need to sell first. There are problems for current mortgage seekers obtaining finance for today's homes which are available. Is private finance or government support going to be available for future buyers? d) Please leave the “Green Belt” well alone until all possible alternatives (i.e. infilling and brownfield sites) have been exhausted. 140/1 Mrs M Adams SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. Due to the volume see 535/1 of traffic already using Hospital Lane, having additional vehicles would cause excessive problems in and around this area. As there are a lot of elderly people living in this area it would add to the existing problems. It will spoil the outlook from many of the properties in the Bede Village. As we have enjoyed living in this (countryside) area. We would not like it to be spoiled!! An ideal spot for additional houses would surely be a continuation of existing properties further along Hospital Lane. As the road along there is a straight road, whereas the proposed area would be near a very dangerous bend. 143/1 Mrs M SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. This a Green Belt see 535/1 Deeming area and I understand these are protected against housing sites, etc. Reason : No Change 151/1 Mrs M SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. We don't need see 535/1 Perkins those houses on Hospital Lane, it's a country lane and should be left as one. People take walks with their dogs & I go for walks up there, it is our open country and should be left as such. 348/1 Mrs Pat n/a We have local residents 80 + who have lived in the area since See response 535/1 Tranter birth and recall the trees being there then - there is no referral to the preservation of the old extremely large trees so this does not appear to have been addressed. This also applies to hedges which appear on maps from 1840. Surely any removal of these hedges is a contradiction to Council ENV1 Policy? Not all people are well/young enough to use new 'recreation/sporting areas' which are proposed, or the enhancement of existing facilities. The easily accessible Green

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number Belt land already addresses these needs. Any 'green space' provided after any development would take many decades to grow into what is available now. What happens to the local wildlife? Are you aware that a Peregrine Falcon is a regular visitor to the area? The Green Belt land should remain, as it is easily accessible natural land well used and enjoyed. My family and others moved here to enjoy the countryside, not to have it replaced by a huge housing development and our access to the land as it now exists denied by N&BBC. How were residents advised of the removal/potential removal of the Green Belt status? Development on this land is even against N&BBC's own 'Vision'. It certainly does not improve the quality of life for ANY local residents, the walking 'network' will be removed, 'A place to live... where the best of the past is enhanced and local landscapes, biodiversity and the natural environment are improved' instead will be DESTROYED. 348/1 Mrs Pat n/a Flooding in area is not addressed, the impact needs assessing on See response 535/1 Tranter the surrounding area additionally.

I have not been able to find any indication in the Plan as to road improvements to accommodate for the vehicles expected from a development of this size. At the rear of the development, estate roads off Anderton Road were not designed for this amount of traffic. There is no room for improvements due to the high density of existing housing. This only leaves Hospital Lane which already carries a lot of traffic especially at peak times. Much of this traffic use the 'local lanes' to avoid the heavy traffic in and around Bedworth. 348/1 Mrs Pat n/a There are already long delays on the main routes into Bedworth or See response 535/1. The Council is Tranter M6. Again there is no mention of changes to these routes. To working with local service delivery Coventry there is usually problems at Ash Green due to the siting providers such as Stagecoach through of bus stops and junctions. Again at schools along this route (Ash the IDP in order to help enhance and Green and Wheelright Lane) at opening and closing of sessions. It improve the existing public transports is difficult to see how any improvements can be made to these facilities. roads to enable the additional traffic to join the main road in either 36

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number direction and then travel along it without major delays. Public Transport- there is currently only one circular bus service a few times a day that serves Hospital Lane/Bede Village/Bedworth. This is not suitable for travelling to work as it starts after and finishes before the majority of work starting times. Although 3 buses (half hourly on each route and all operated by Stagecoach) serve the general area to/from Coventry and Nuneaton, only one operates on Sunday at hourly intervals. This does not serve Prologis Park. As most of the employers there are open 7 days a week this does not help anyone not having their own transport in getting to work. 348/1 Mrs Pat n/a Doctors - all in area including Bedworth Town are oversubscribed. See response 535/1. The Council is Tranter My doctor's only has appointments for emergency problems on working with Warwickshire County the day of calling and appointments usually need to be made at Council and the local schools to ensure least 4 working days in advance if you can attend any time and provision can be accommodated. This longer to fit around work. Where will a minimum of 676 additional work is delivered through the IDP. residents receive GP services? Schools- SHS3- para 1142GH - New Primary School provision and expansion of Newdigate Primary School is stated to be required. Where is this new provision intended to be provided from? Again this is not stated. Is this at a current site or a new site? I am advised that Ash Green 11-16 currently has a waiting list. 142/1 Mrs R SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. I understand this is see 535/1 Cathlow Green Belt & therefore should not be built upon. 147/1 Mrs. L SHS3 - Hospital Lane Proposed Housing Site. Traffic will be a see 535/1 Taberer nightmare. Road safety: Crossing the road for residents of Bede Village, many of these are invalids. 712/4 N. Hansen Highways With respect to potential development impact on the M6 corridor, Noted. The Council will work with the Agency particularly junction 3, the HA will require more detailed relevant service delivery partners and information on the likely impact of development proposals in the seek to deliver the appropriate south of the Borough on the M6 corridor, together with proposals mititgation measures through the IDP. for the mitigation of such impact on Junction 3. 526 P. Beale See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 574/1 P. Hodges N/A Oppose housing at Hospital Lane: valuable agricultural land See response 535/1

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number important as we import grain from other countries rather than growing our own; wildlife and farm animals; footpaths and fields are well walked; residents of Bede Village Retirement Home use the area for walks; lose the tranquillity and calmness; extra traffic would be dangerous as the road is not wide; no mention of extra doctors, schools, etc., so this amount of housing would be a disaster. 476 P. Jones See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 502 P. See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 Richardson 440 P. Winn See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter See responses 23/1, 152/1, 350E/9, point 1 (A & S), 430/1, points 2 & 3 (A & S). 534/1 Pauline n/a Inaccuracies within policy ENV1, the site description is unjustified See response 535/1 Jones and fails to recognise the levels of crop production. Does not recognise that this is listed as grade 3a which is in the top 1/3 of land in the country. ENV1 seeks to preserve and protect Green Belt land which this policy does not do. There are many mature trees and hedgerows within this area. 534/1 Pauline n/a The justification for more homes in the area is weak. There are not See response 535/1 Jones the industry opportunities to support this level of growth. The nature of the local employment market as warehousing, does not create a need for a large labour force. There are currently high levels of unemployment in the area, and this site will not have an effect on the regeneration of Bedworth Town Centre. 534/1 Pauline n/a Infrastructure in the area is insufficient, emergency services have See response 535/1 Jones recently suffered from cuts, health services in the area are over stretched. Schools for all ages are oversubscribed. Proposed extension to existing junior and infant facilities are not sufficient. The road system does not have sufficient capacity and the surfaces are only made of light materials and therefore cannot cope with the additional traffic. The movement of plant machinery required for the development of the site would be lead to further degradation of the road surface, and create a dangerous situation for pedestrians and drivers.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 534/1 Pauline n/a There are issues of localised flooding during periods of heavy rain. See response 535/1 Jones Cardigan Road, Mavor Road, Moat Farm Drive and Hospital Lane have suffered due to a high water table from the presence of clay. Road maintenance - maintenance of Development may result in an increase in surface water run off, the Highway is a responsibility for the increasing the frequency and severity of flooding. The road highway authority (Warwickshire surface near to Moat Farm is often broken up and eroded, County Council). Issues such as requiring frequent repairs. potholes should be reported to WCC. 534/1 Pauline n/a The site is a popular area for recreation; new provision for this See response 535/1 Jones purpose would not be sufficient. The land effectively works as a Green Belt, therefore this proposal does not conform to policy ENV1. It would not form a natural boundary to the existing community and urban sprawl will encourage further sprawl onto agricultural land. 534/1 Pauline n/a The development will impact or potentially lose the many birds, See response 535/1 Jones bats and insect species in this area. Would force the wildlife closer to the M6 which would be detrimental. 270 Peter Davies Seven Trent Although there are distribution mains in the vicinity of the site, it is Noted. Water likely that some reinforcement will be required to trunk mains in order to support the total site. The extent of this work can be identified by network modelling. Some reconfiguration to the distribution system in the proximity of the site will also be required. 559 R Baker & D Bedworth Objecting to SHS3 Policy DEV 3 directs development to Baker Heath Action Green Belt the existing urban areas. The Council Group Points out that SHS3 is currently within the Green Belt and quotes has, through the SHLAA, assessed the paragraphs (§) 79, 80 and 81 from the NPPF, which refer to the urban area to identify suitable Green Belt as a way of preventing urban sprawl and its essential brownfield sites within the existing characteristics are its openness and permanence; as well as urban area. However, there are not stating the five purposes of the GB and that once GB has been enough sites to meet the required figure defined it should be positively enhanced in a manner in keeping and so it is necessary to develop on with GB policy. greenfield sites, including Green Belt. Para 83 of the NPPF provides the BHAG feel that the above § are not being adhered to and opportunity to review Green Belt therefore contravenes the NPPF. boundaries through the preparation or review of a Local Plan. BHAG state that SHS3 is the only significant access to GB in the

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number area and provides an assortment of recreational uses, particularly for the elderly and disabled. Developing this land will clearly be a failure in meeting the aims and purposes of the GB.

BHAG provide further quotes from § 83, 87, 88 and 89 of the NPPF in relation to GB. These refer to GB boundaries only being altered in exceptional circumstances, inappropriate development, harm to GB must clearly be outweighed by other considerations and that new buildings in the GB should be viewed as inappropriate.

BHAG do not consider there are any exceptional circumstances warranting the release of land, SHS3, from the GB, or that substantial weight has been given to the harm developing this land will have on the GB.

Flooding BHAG state that Hospital Lane is plagued by flooding, which has been reported numerous times over 20 years, with remedial action being unsuccessful. 1. Flooding occurs near footpaths B8, B9 and erodes carriageway (provides photos showing puddles and road surface undulations and cracks) 2. Drainage fails to cope with surface water run-off 3. Site causes heavy flooding problems on carriageway

BHAG question why flood issues have not been picked up in the SFRA and quote NPPF in relation to flooding, reminding us that development should not cause flood risk elsewhere and that inappropriate development in areas of flood risk should be avoided (§ 103 and 100).

BHAG provide a further photo of flooding in a private garden in Cardigan Road.

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Access and Public Transportation BHAG state that SHS3 is poorly served by public transport to Nuneaton and further state that the lack of employment opportunities and supporting infrastructure means that a lot of travel is required from this area. 1. Bus routes to Nuneaton are only occassional (the service is much better between Bedworth and Coventry) 2. Bus routes to MIRA North Warwickshire and Hinckley College are especially poor 3. The road network is poor in relation to driving to East Nuneaton and there is no on-ramp to the A444 4. Similarly, accessing the M6 is poor, even though it is physically close (1.5 km geographically compared to 5.4km by the road network)

Sustainable Transport BHAG quote § 35 from the NPPF in relation to sustainable transport and make several references to the needs of people with disabilities in the area not being met. 1. Poor disability access to the Post Office 2. Poor disability access to schools 3. Poor disability access to GP (depending on weather) 535/1 R Randle N/A The land proposed for development is a very attractive site and is Green Belt - The Council has assessed used constantly by local people and adds greatly to our well- the urban area and other suitable non- being, as it provides a place for lovely walks. urban area sites. It is still necessary to develop on Green Belt sites. See site The land is teeming with varied wildlife, including protected rare selection background paper for further species such as bats and owls. information.

The land has ancient trees and hedgerows which should be Public Footpaths will be protected. The preserved. Green Infrastructure Plan seeks to enhance and/or create recreational The land is fertile and is farmed, producing a wide variety of crops. spaces and routes.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number However, some parts are wet and boggy and prone to localised The Council must plan for the flooding. This worsened when Bede Village was developed. objectively assessed housing needs for More buildings will only make this worse. How will this be the housing market area in line with the resolved? NPPF. The Plan seeks to maximise the use of brownfield land however there The roads are inadequate to cope with additional traffic resulting isn't enough to meet all of the housing from the new development. Already it is extremely difficult to requirements. The Council has a access Bedworth. There are other pinch points at Ash Green and strategy for bringing back into use Wheelwright Lane. There is no way significant levels of additional empty homes but these properties traffic can be accommodated in this area. cannot be discounted from the housing target. The Plan proposed urban Local schools are oversubscribed and have waiting lists, so too extensions to meet the needs of a are GP surgeries. Where will the new population go? Using a growing population. conservative estimate, an additional two thousand people will occupy the land. The local infrastructure requirements have not The Council have considered a number fully been considered. of principles and sustainability criteria in determining selected sites - see site There is very little in the way of job prospects now. Where will the selection background paper for further necessary employment come from? information. Suitable mitigation measures will be put in place where Recent development on the Newdigate Estate has resulted in there are specific issues, this will either increased crime, whilst police levels have been cut. What will the come through the IDP or during the impact be on crime with an additional two thousand people? planning application stage. The IDP However, recently, there has been a palpable state of calm on the and site selection is informed by work estate, making it a pleasurable place to live. It seems the with service delivery partners. The IDP planners are determined to change this equilibrium. sets out the infrastructure needs to support development. Why have the residents not been given longer to consider the implications of this proposed Plan? The strategic housing sites will make provision for market and affordable Bedworth has experienced considerable growth recently. We do housing. The Council will plan for a mix not want more housing; we do not need more housing and we do of housing based on current and future not want our Green Belt taken away. So why is it you are trying to demographic trends, market trends, foist this onto us? and the needs of different groups in the community, in line with the NPPF. The The land was bequeathed to the people of Bedworth. This, AH need will be reflected in the 2013

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number therefore, needs to be looked into legally. Joint SHMA. The SHMA will also provide specific evidence on the range, mix and types of housing required to meet the needs of the Borough's residents. Currently work is being undertaken on the Whole Plan viability. This will be reflected in the IDP's infrastructure requirements and will inform the appropriate level of AH percentages across the Borough without risking the delivery of necessary infrastructure.

In relation to matters such as additional pollution and new roads, this is considered as part of the evidence base, e.g. S-Paramics modelling. Suitable mitigation proposals will be developed through the IDP. Proposals contained within the Preferred Option, such as the distributor road are also considered through the S-Paramics modelling. As the Plan progresses, the actual details such as road layout will be further refined.

The land is classified as grade 4 agricultural land - not the best and most versatile agricultural land.

The SFRA 1 and 2 identifies surface water issues. These will need to be considered further at the planning application stage but this will not prevent development. Discussions with EA and STW will be ongoing as part of

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number the development of the IDP.

The Borough Plan is aspirational and seeks to address the economic issues facing the Borough in a positive way.

Crime and fear of crime are important issues. In developing the plan the Council have liaised with Warks Police, specifically their architectural liaison officer. Information provided by the service area has fed into the IDP as well as proposed policies.

The consultation was undertaken in line with the adopted SCI and an approved consultation strategy.

The Plan contains policies to protect, mitigate or offset biodiversity and habitat losses. Further work on ecology will be undertaken.

The right to a view is not a planning consideration.

If there are any incorrect references in the Plan in relation to Green Belt these will be corrected, there was no intention to mislead against the site's current status. The review of the Local Plan allows for a review of existing Green Belt and the allocation of new Green Belt.

The Council are undertaking an Historic

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number Environment Assessment to consider the heritage assets of the strategic sites and reasonable alternatives. 452 R. A. Jackson See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 599c/1 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Objections to the Assessment in the Stage 2 Individual Site The Council instructed expert Baker Heath Action Assessment Final Report - PDA7 landscape consultants to undertake Group detailed assessments of landscape The image selected to be representative of the area has been impact. The findings of this work did annotated to maximise the impact of minor visual negatives, not suggest that the site should be mainly not in the site but surrounding it. If you ignore the leader removed from consideration for lines the impact of the highlighted areas on the visual amenities housing. The work does provide are minimal and many of the views have even less impact. suggestions regarding appropriate landscape mitigation across the To say the overhead power lines add to the urban influences on Borough. the area is quite wrong. Those power lines run across miles of countryside to the main power station; they are not indicative of an urban influence. The power lines predate almost all the houses in the area. This means they were also there when the land received its Green Belt status. 599c/10 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The site is currently performing its important Green Belt role to See response 535/1 Baker Heath Action prevent developments such as the one proposed. The proposed Group development would amalgamate the area into one large urban lump. The site is meeting the 5 purposes of Green Belt as outlined in the NPPF. 599c/11 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The statement "sits within the western extent of Bedworth's urban Disagree that this statement is incorrect Baker Heath Action fringe" is incorrect, it is the eastern most part of the Green Belt as the site is located on the western Group land in the area, and it's preventing encroachment of urban areas part of the urban area of Bedworth. into the countryside. 599c/12 R. Baker & D. Bedworth To say this results in a poor quality urban edge is completely Specific details such as the layout of Baker Heath Action inaccurate and it is quite certain this development would not the site will come through at the Group improve the urban edge but detract from it with a large row of two planning application stage. The storey houses along Hospital Lane Hospital Lane road will provide a clear defensible boundary for the Green Belt as the urban edge would be clearly defined.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 599c/13 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The site reports lists the land as "unremarkable" and not even Noted. Baker Heath Action pleasant. This is an extremely negative opinion of the area which Group is actually very attractive - photographs taken to show the attractive nature of the area. 599c/14 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Site report say the farmland is in a moderate to poor condition - See response 535/1 Baker Heath Action this is misleading. This is good quality agricultural land with Group regular crop growth on it, and is in quite good condition. Presumably the report was referring to the gaps in the hedges. The gaps in the hedges allow disabled people on mobility scooters, families and people not tall enough to see over the hedges to enjoy the visual amenities. 599c/15 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Landscape assessment in Site Report is incorrect. The nature of The site is not the best performing Baker Heath Action the urban fringe is completely appropriate. It would be quite wrong Green Belt. Green Belt performing 4 of Group for all the houses along the edge to be obscured by 20 to 30 feet the 5 functions of Green Belt (NPPF high dense vegetation. The site reports are an incorrect paragraph 80), identified and evidenced interpretation of what a Green Belt is, see NPPF paragraph 79 in the Coventry Joint Green Belt Study or Land Use Designations Study would not be considered for development. 599c/16 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Site Report mistaken in assessing the site as having few attractive Noted. Baker Heath Action views. The mistake here was to concentrate on areas outside the Group site when describing the views. The views within the site are extremely pleasant and it is quite wrong to judge the site on objects outside it. 599c/17 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The closeness of the site to local residents is one of the things Public Footpaths will be protected. The Baker Heath Action that makes it special. It allows direct access to the Green Belt for Green Infrastructure Plan seeks to Group all. NPPF paragraph 75 requires protection and enhancement of enhance and/or create recreational footpaths in Green Belt. It is more appropriate to have footpaths spaces and routes. that run through pretty Green Belt land than to have a walkway passing through a housing estate on its way to some remote location. 599c/18 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The assessment that the site would be visually improved by a The Council has assessed the urban Baker Heath Action housing site is clearly incorrect. This is flawed for several reasons, area and other suitable non urban area Group see NPPF paragraph 82, 88 and 89. sites. It is still necessary to develop on Green Belt sites. See site selection background paper for further

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number information. The Borough Plan contains a policy for the high quality and inclusive design for all development, including individual buildings, public and private spaces and wider area development schemes. 599c/19 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Site report does not mention the lack of infrastructure and Noted. The stage 2 site selection Baker Heath Action employment in the area or the fact that much of the development background paper assessed the land Group in the area was carried out to house the local colliery workers, parcels against set criteria such as A. which explains why a large development took place in an area Be in close, accessible proximity to with little supporting infrastructure. It does not mention that when existing/future employment locations the Colliery closed the effects were devastating. There is a lack and training facilities? B. Be able to accessibility to employment, council services and further integrate the required infrastructure and education and training centres. service provision to support it? 599c/2 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The report does not indicate that the gaps in the hedges are a Where necessary, as part of the Baker Heath Action common problems in the Arden Character area caused by modern development process, landscape, Group intensive farming methods as shown in the Green Infrastructure ecological and biodiverstiy plan. Were it not for development here it would be in the Arden improvements will be undertaken Landscape Enhancement Zone which has amongst its many following advice from specialists. provisions to improve hedgerows and field boundaries. 599c/20 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The recommendation to use overhead power lines in the housing Specific details such as the layout of Baker Heath Action layout so that it is buffered and forms part of a corridor does not the site will come through at the Group appear achievable as the route of the overheard power lines planning application stage. crosses the site diagonally and so does not suit the purposes in the recommendation. 599c/21 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The recommendation "to consider a density of 40 dwellings per Specific details such as the Baker Heath Action hectare as appropriate for this site" has set a very high density for layout/design/density of the site will Group the area. come through at the planning application stage. A density figure was assumed to allow assessment of Criteria 1: Have sufficient capacity to accommodate the level of growth required in the Stage 2 site selection paper. 599c/22 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The site report largely focuses on negatives - the positives for the Green Belt was a criteria in the stage 1

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number Baker Heath Action site are either missing or dealt with dismissively, e.g. there is no site selection background paper. Group mention of the Green Belt status, only disabled access Green Belt. Negative and dismissive nature of the report make it appear like a list of excuses to build on the site rather than a serious assessment of the site. 599c/3 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The hard urban edge is from recent developments and The Council must plan for the Baker Heath Action extensions. If it was going to be an impact, NBBC could have objectively assessed housing needs for Group resolved this at planning application stage. the housing market area in line with the NPPF. The Plan seeks to maximise the Photographs of the area included of the view towards Hospital use of brownfield land, however there Lane. isn't enough to meet all of the housing requirements. The Council has a Gaps in hedges are not a reason to build, they are an indication of strategy for bringing back into use a past failure "to retain and enhance landscapes" as required in empty homes, but these properties the NPPF. The proposed development would constitute a failure cannot be discounted from the housing to retain and enhance landscapes. The new Arden Landscape target. The Plan proposed urban Enhancement Zone is the perfect opportunity to implement the extensions to meet the needs of a requirements to retain and enhance landscapes, visual amenity growing population. and biodiversity. The sites for housing are assessed against a wide range of criteria, please see the site selection background papers. 599c/4 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The report says PDA 7 falls as an isolated pocket within part of Noted. Baker Heath Action landscape character area 7 - Keresley Urban Fringes. It does not Group mention that this is part of the Green Belt. It also does not mention it attaches to its main character area of Arden to the West (not the south) as shown in the Green Infrastructure Plan. This is not an isolated pocked but part of a larger section of Green Belt land through which Hospital Lane runs. The mistake of isolating the ground probably occured owing to the overgrown nature of some of the hedges further down the lane, which have obscured views of the Green Belt, and led to the mistaken assessment that this land is seperate.

PDA 7 is not a "small pocket of farmland" it is part of a large area 48

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number of farmland which continues on the other side of Hospital Lane and along Smorral Lane. The Green Belt study refers to NB4a which is the complete piece of Green Belt including PDA 7. 599c/5 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Some of the confusion in the assessment may be due to References to character areas will be Baker Heath Action conflicting data in the background documentation which attach the updated as part of the development of Group character area to Keresley but it is distinctly Arden the Plan. 599c/6 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Incorrect assessment of field patterns as new when they are Noted. Baker Heath Action Ancient - field patterns can be seen on 1840 tithe map of the area. Group The reason it appears as if the fields were shaped by the urban fringe is that subsequent housing has been built right up to the edges of the fields. 599c/7 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The report does not take account of the character area referring to Noted. Baker Heath Action the Ancient Arden character area - landscape character is historic Group and irregular - small to medium sized fields and narrow winding lanes 599c/8 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The historical shape also shows that the hedgerows here may See response 535/1 Baker Heath Action date back to before 1850 which would mean that they should be Group considered irreplaceable ancient protected environments under policy ENV1 - clearly evident on 1840 tithe map of the area. 599c/9 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Assessment of distinctiveness ignores the operation of Green Landscape character considerations Baker Heath Action Belt. The reports says modern development on the edges of are distinct from Green Belt Group settlements is similar in each area and does not reinforce any considerations. local distinctiveness. However this is only the case when approaching the site from the urban areas. If you approach from the West, the view of development is minimized. 599d/1 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Objections to Strategic Housing Site Selection document. For the purposes of the assessment in Baker Heath Action the site selection summary background Group The document states PDA 7 adjoins the existing area of paper, criteria 2 uses the following Bedworth. This is not the case, it adjoins Bedworth Heath, a settlement hierarchy 1 Nuneaton 2 satellite of Bedworth which was built for the defunct Colliery which Bedworth 3 Bulkington 4 Keresley, Ash is why there is no infrastructure in the area. Green/Neals Green. Therefore, PDA7 is deemed to be joined to Bedworth as the smaller settlements within Nuneaton and Bedworth are not recognised within this assessment.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 599d/10 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Incorrect distance calculations have affected decision making Distance figures will be reviewed. Baker Heath Action process. See results table for criteria 3, page 10, of the However, all criteria were considered in Group background paper stage 2 assessing options for strategic housing the selection process. Criteria 3 was sites. PDA 7 has scored artificially high. Other areas with similar not the overiding criteria to base limitations were removed from the process. decisions on. There were only 3 areas that scored negatives in criteria 3. 599d/11 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The assessments of the bus distances of 500m is misleading. The The Council will work with the relevant Baker Heath Action nearest bus stops only have a bus every two hours and they only service delivery partners to improve or Group start after 9:00am which is not much use for most forms of enhance public transport provision employment. None of the buses from the local area go to where it is feasible to do so. Nuneaton and Hinckley College, MIRA or Bayton Road. 599d/12 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Due to lack of access to training, PDA 7 would fail to meet Spatial Spatial Objective 2 does not just Baker Heath Action Objective 2 in the Stage 2 SHS background paper. consider access to training, it also Group considers access to employment. Training is not deemed to be within 5km cycling but is accessible by public transport or motor vehicle. 599d/13 R. Baker & D. Bedworth It is misleading to quote direct distances as Bedworth Town Noted. Figures will be reviewed and Baker Heath Action Centre is only within 3km when using the as the crow flies amended accordingly. Group distance. It is actually 5.61km by main road. 599d/14 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Assessment of walking accessibility incorrect in background paper Noted. Figures will be reviewed and Baker Heath Action stage 3 SHS amended accordingly. Group Hospitals - George Eliot Hospital is 1hr 22mins walking and there is not always paved access along road for walking.

GPs - 10-20mins. There is one GP surgery and it is overloaded. Many people in the area are already forced to use health services in Bedworth Town Centre. There is only one pharmacy in Bedworth Heath, which is at the opposite end to the GP surgery.

No dental services in the area.

Fruit and Veg shop 10-20 mins is optimistic, as nearest is in Bedworth Town Centre, which is 1hr 10 mins away along main

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Town Centre - the walking time to Bedworth Town Centre is 1hr 10mins

Distance to Education (10-20 mins) This is accurarte for Ash Green School. However, there is no provision for places here. There is no provision in the plan for secondary school access. The nearest other secondary school is the other side of Bedworth. The Ash Green Route is blocked to disabled users by the narrow Ash Green Lane Bridge. This increases the distance to 3.5kms by wheel chair or disability scooter, putting it in the 40-50 minute category. 599d/15 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Assessment of bus times is incorrect Noted. Figures will be reviewed and Baker Heath Action amended accordingly. Group Hospitals - only 3 services a day to George Eliot hospital and 4 returning. Does the 20-30mins include walking time and making sure you are at the bus stop early so you don't miss it? Even if the bus regularity were increased, the time quoted would still be unachieveable. If it takes 5 minutes to walk to the Hospital Lane bus stop, allow 5 minutes waiting time, and it takes 24 minutes transit time plus 3 minutes walk to George Eliot main entrance.

GPs - Infrequent bus services on Hospital Lane. Going further afield for the bus would allow you to get a more regular service but is only available to those able to walk the distance. Another bus journey is needed to get to the Pharmacy, adding more time to journey. It is more likely that new arrivals would have to go to Bedworth Town Centre, but the Hospital Lane only have a pickup every 2 hours.

Fruit and Veg - Nearest is in Bedworth Town Centre, would have to use Hospital Lane bus stop anywhere from 25 mins to 2 hours 10 minutes

Town Centre - would have to use Hospital Lane bus stop

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number anywhere from 25 mins to 2 hours 10 minutes

Inaccurate bus times have meant that PDA 7 has been incorrectly retained as a proposal. 599d/2 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The document says the area adjoins the second tier settlement of See response 599d/1 Baker Heath Action Bedworth. It is worth noting here that Bedworth Heath was not Group even mentioned in the definitions of the structure of the area. 599d/3 R. Baker & D. Bedworth The statement says " the parcel may have the potential to PDA7 is attached to the exisiting urban Baker Heath Action accommodate a strategic urban extension to Bedworth." This is area and therefore is it considered to be Group misleading as residents in PDA 7 will not be able to make direct an urban extension. use of the facilities in Bedworth, as it is 5.61km by main road to Bedworth Town Centre from PDA7. The Sustainability Report gives a more accurate description of the remoteness of the site. 599d/4 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Green Belt is assessed incorrectly. The statement "not the best Disagree that this statement is Baker Heath Action performing Green Belt" is rather misleading as this area scores misleading. This parcel scored lower Group highly in terms of its Green Belt operation. Three out of a possible than others in the TEP Land Use score of five should be considered a good score. It should have Designations study as it scored 3 out of scored four out of five as this site prevents Bedworth Heath 5 purposes of Green Belt. Footpaths extending in the direction of Ash Green and Keresley. The are not considered to be a purpose of assessment appears biased against local residents. The footpaths Green Belt, therefore, they were not on this site are more heavily used than most National Trails and part of the assessment. yet they were completely ignored in the assessment of Green Belt.

Also the scoring system is flawed as an area connected to the urban area was scored lower than one that is not.

The Green Belt area was afforded a lower score if there was no existing planning permission on it. It undermines the purpose of Green Belt to target a Green Belt site for development because no one is building on it at the moment.

It is possible to see that the scoring system for NB4a was incorrect as it has multiple primary constraints and yet it did not score under the 'multiple primary constraints' column in the results table.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 599d/5 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Meeting housing need - potential to accommodate up to 676 The infrastructure area requirement of Baker Heath Action dwellings is incorrect. The high number of houses is owing to an 35% is not considered low.The 65/35 Group optimistic assessment of the number of houses that can be fitted split is based on a range of examples of on the site. This is caused by a very high building density and an urban extensions. It works on the inappropriately low infrastructure area requirement of 35%. basis that 65% of the total amount of land would be for residential purposes There are few local jobs available, poor travel links and almost all and the remaining for infrastructure to of the planned travel improvements bypass this site because of its serve the site. At this stage, a density of remote location. The sustainability report is one whole negative for 35dph was this development in the short, medium and long terms. assumed to calculate whether the site could accomodate development. The Council will work with the relevant service delivery partners to ensure the appropriate infrastructure can be delivered for the site. This will be delivered through the IDP. 599d/6 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Access to employment and training within 50 minutes by walking. Noted. The travel time and distance Baker Heath Action Within 20 minutes by public transport. This is not correct. By figures will be reviewed. Group paved main road it is 5.61kms to Bedworth Town Centre where limited training is available. At an appropriate walking speed of 4.8km/hr as used in the Green Infrastructure Plan it is 1 hour 10 minutes to Bedworth.

The stage 3 assessment for Strategic Housing Sites identifies training facilities as North Warwickshire and Hinckley College and King Edward VI College. To gain access to training one would have to access Nuneaton Town Centre by road at 10km or 2hr 3 minutes walking time. The 50 minute walking figure is unrealistic.

Access to training by bicycle to North Warwickshire and Hinckley College and King Edward VI College is incorrect at 5km. It is even less than the as the crow flies distance of 6.4km and 7.6km and the road distances are 10km and 11km. 599d/7 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Incorrect figures apply for employment (page 10 of SHS stage 3). Noted. The travel distance figures will Baker Heath Action The site is listed as being within a distance of 2km of Prologis be reviewed. However, it should be Group Park. Going from the centre of PDA7 the distance is 3.86km by noted that the start point will have an 53

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number pavement. Here again, even the as the crow flies distance is impact on the distance, therefore the longer than the distance used (2.15km) and that is completely figures are approximate and not exact. unachievable as you would have to cross the M6 motorway on foot which would be foolish and illegal. 599d/8 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Small nature of Prologis expansion would be insufficient to sustain Noted. Baker Heath Action employment for the additional local population. More employment Group growth and infrastructure improvement needed to make site viable. 599d/9 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Difficulties accessing employment - Bedworth is 1hr 10mins away Access to employment is one of a Baker Heath Action and Nuneaton 2hrs 5mins away. The main new centre of multitude of criteria assessed through Group employment at MIRA is even further away. As for employment in the site selection background paper. Coventry, all of the business sites tend to be on the South side of However, all criteria must be Coventry and difficult to access. considered when selecting sites. See site selection backgrouund papers. 599e/1 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Green Belt ground has been sacrificed in the plan without any 1. The objective relates to the use of Baker Heath Action demonstration of an essential need. This has occurred for a PDL, it is not about Greenfield/ Green Group number of reasons: Belt development.

1. Green Belt Status not assessed in sustainability report and site 2. If there are any incorrect references report creating misleading and biased results as it is referred to as in the Plan these will be corrected, "Green field" there was no intention to mislead.

2. Failure to identify the site as Green Belt in the Preferred 3. Noted Options document and summary has caused confusion to the public, local councillors and the local Member of Parliament. 4. Maximising social housing is not the prime objective for building in the 3. The Issues and Options document encourages the use of countryside. See response 535/1 Green Belt in the advantages column in the spatial options. This demonstrates a clear lack of commitment to the Green Belt in the 5. Development of the Local Plan offers development of the Plan. an opportunity to review Green Belt status. Looking at sites equally means 4. The Issues and Options indicates a bias towards building on the the most sustainable locations are countryside in order to maximise social housing. This is poor as it selected. directs social housing into remote locations with little access to employment, training, healthcare and Council services.

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5. "all sites were looked at equally irrespective of status" This is inappropiate given the Government's stated importance of Green Belt. 599e/2 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Failure to identify irreplaceable priority habitats on the site will lead Further ecological work is currently Baker Heath Action to the destruction of those habitats. The analysis does not include being undertaken. The Borough Plan Group requirements to protect ancient hedgerows and trees. These has policies in place to protect habitats habitats also fall within a landscape enhancement zone. through Policy ENV1, Biodiversity and Geodiversity. 599e/3 R. Baker & D. Bedworth Fields creates sense of place and community that would be lost as Footpaths on the site will be protected. Baker Heath Action the footpaths on the site are well used. Lots of people in the The Borough Plan has a policy to Group community walk along Hospital Lane for exercise, particularly create a 'Green Network' of publically those who have had heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and asthma. accessible and linked open spaces The area is considered a local beauty spot. Many people moved Policy INF2 Green Infrastructure. here because of the fields and because it was Green Belt. 578 R. Brown See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 469 R. Cross See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 499 R. D. Boote See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 439/1 R. Evans 676 homes means in excess of 1000 more vehicles and upwards See response 535/1 of 1500 people. The local roads struggle at peak times with access to Bedworth, Nuneaton and Coventry. This would be made increasingly worse and would need extensive development to support such a programme. This is not covered in the proposal. Hospital Lane would need completely rebuilding to sustain the increased traffic demands. It was almost destroyed by HGV traffic when a local resident was importing spoil from various development sites in the area for approximately 4 years. This development would bring the same problems for a much longer period. 439/2 R. Evans Flooding is a problem recorded by residents in the adjacent area See response 535/1 of Cardigan Road, Mavor Drive and Hospital Lane during periods of heavy rain. The water pours off the fields close to Moat Farm Drive, breaking up the road surface in Hospital Lane. Regular repairs have to be made. Many residents experience severe garden flooding and some have to use sand bags to protect their

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number home. Building more houses covering the majority of the fields proposed for development would severely affect the ability to remove the large amount of water that would back up and cause increased problems for existing residents. It would cost a huge amount of money to ensure flooding was not a problem, as the authorities have not been able to prevent the issues we currently have. 504 R. J. Essory See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 307/1 R. Randle & N/A Object to development of Hospital Lane: it is Green Belt land; it is See response 535/1 family an attractive site used constantly by local people for walks, education and adds to well-being; land is teeming with varied wildlife, including rare and protected bats and owls; it has ancient trees and hedgerows that should be preserved; land is farmed and in constant use for many and varied crops, and is very fertile ground; parts of land are wet and boggy and locally there is a problem with flooding which worsened with the building of Bede Village - more buildings will make more flooding; roads are inadequate to take extra traffic generated by so many dwellings - currently extremely difficult to get to Bedworth at times due to long queues and traffic builds up at Ash Green and Wheelright Lane; schools and GP surgery are oversubscribed - how will local infrastructure take the extra 2000 people? There are few job prospects in Bedworth, so where will the added employment come from; suspect the proposals are mostly for social housing - already seen a detrimental effect on new houses on Newdigate Estate. Crime has risen in a very short period and police numbers have been cut. This is due to a few newcomers - what impact will 2000 people have on this pleasant place? Bedworth has had huge growth already. Why build on Green Belt land when there are many brown sites that could be built on. Spreading the housing into lots of smaller units makes more sense. Will depreciate value of people's homes and double or triple homeowners insurance. The land was bequeathed to the People of Bedowth and legally this needs to be looked into as the people of Bedworth do not want this Green Belt land taken away. 56

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 515 R. Shayler See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 525 R. Starkey See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 676/6 R. Torkildsen English Exhall Hall - Works are proposed to junction 3 of the M6. There The Council are undertaking a Historic Heritage appears no evidence to establish the direct and indirect Environment Assessment to consider implications for this scheduled monument and associated listed the heritage assets of the strategic sites buildings and how they will be protected, and ideally enhanced. and reasonable alternatives. The above examples suggest that the local authority is unable to clearly demonstrate that all the proposed allocations in the Plan have been assessed for their impact on the significance of the historic environment to be able to demonstrate to any future Inspector conformity with the NPPF. This omission should be addressed as a matter of great importance. I suggest in doing so the guidance in The Setting of Heritage Assets (EH October 2011) is applied and that you refer to recent case studies which may be of use in Understanding Place (EH June 2012). www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/setting-heritage-assets/ www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/understanding-place- character-context-local-planning/ 605 Rt Hon Mike N/A 1. The land at Hospital Lane is an important recreational green See response 535/1 O'Brien QC lung for many of the people of Bedworth Heath. 2. Infrastructure in the area is creaking. It will struggle to cope with another 676 houses without significant infrastructure improvements, particularly the roads. An Environmental Impact Assessment should be undertaken. 3. The roads are clogged at peak times and the addition of 676 homes will increase bottle-neck delays. Smorrall Lane already has long tail backs. There are also tailbacks in Ash Green Lane as people try to access Coventry to the south. Anyone driving east, along Newtown Road, into Bedworth from Bedworth Heath also faces long tailbacks. The lack of a link to the A444 going north means vehicles going to Nuneaton have to go through Bedworth Town. 4. The local school, Newdigate School is oversubscribed. An additional 676 homes requires substantial investment in new school buildings and addtional staff to be able to meet any

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number increase in the school age population. 5. The local Doctor's surgery is oversubscribed and many residents of Bedworth Heath travel to other surgeries. Adding 676 homes will mean the NHS will struggle to provide adequate health care in the area. 6. The land is located in the Green Belt and contains mature trees such as oak, ash, elm, silver birch and elder. It is also used by a wide variety of birds, including owls, and bats. The Council should carry out an ecological survey of the site. 7. The premise that the land is poor agricultural land is not substantiated by evidence. The Council should not make a decision based on a questionable evaluation of the nature of the land. 8. Part of the land is already susceptible to flooding. Homes on nearby Cardigan Road and Moat Farm Drive report of flooding on a regular basis, as the existing storm drains (some of which appear to be connected to foul drains) are inadequate. Further development will potentially create greater risk of flooding. 524 S. A. Wright See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 467 S. Edwards See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 513 S. J. See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 Hammond 266 S. Malin I am writing to lodge my objection to the development of such a See 558/1. huge number of houses within my local area. Myself and my husband live in Keresley End and have done so for nearly 11 years, and feel the area has been repeatedly overlooked for grants for improvement, etc. It seems that now however, when the pressure to create more social housing is more keenly felt than before, you are looking to destroy the beauty that the surrounding Green Belt of our village offers.

We have already been encroached on by Prologis and the Zest development. It is plain that development of other areas of the Borough would be far more beneficial, and would also have the necessary road network and local facilities already in place, which

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number the building of new housing will require. Nuneaton Town Centre for example: – since the building of the new justice centre, there are defunct buildings which could be used to build apartments, which first time buyers and small family units (i.e. the majority of the influx of new residents) will be looking for.

I notice that the area surrounding Whitestone is not on the plan? Too many Nimby councillors perhaps? …..Or am I being cynical?

I implore you to see reason and redeploy your housing plans – the number you have “promised” you will build is far too high for the current growth needs of the Borough in any event. 453 S. Neale See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 520 S. Starkey See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 447 S. Winn See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 538/1 Sharon N/A We are writing to detail all of the concerns we have with the See 535/1 re SHS3 Ormonde Borough Plan, but in particular relating to PDA 7 – the Hospital Lane proposed area for development. See site selection background paper for other sites put forward. 6. Also on the PDA7 map – you highlight that the Woodlands is a proposed area for Green Belt extension, but you do not highlight See 231/28 re Bedworth Woodlands that PDA 7 is in itself Green Belt which is classed as ENV1, the site highest categorisation of Green Belt, so not offering a true representation of what we stand to lose by having this area developed.

7. In the early infrastructure reports it states that it is highly unlikely that The Woodlands proposed area for Green Belt extension will be accepted. Again – this is not highlighted anywhere but you highlight the area in bold green as a proposed extension which by your own admission is not likely to happen!!

8. The land in PDA7 is graded as “good quality”, productive arable land, and is also used by many residents as a leisure area: dog walking, children on bikes, playing football, etc., etc. What

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number will the social and economic impact be due to the loss of this land?

9. Long term surface flooding of this land is evident and nothing in the plan looks to address this.

10. There is a stream that runs through the fields along the back of Goodyers End Lane that regularly overflows. This area should be kept as a nature area and could be developed as such.

11. Please see links to videos showing flooding in the PDA7. Also some stills showing the extent of the flooding. This surface water lies there for weeks and weeks without draining.

12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLt-Ob3ScQ4 13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F86W4cfj80s 14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI7OGwnoh28

Provides several photos of the site

15. There is evidence of bats roosting in the trees - in particular one that is alone, standing at the back of Moat Farm Drive which is circled on the map below (provided as a hard copy). There has been no mention of preservation for all of the wildlife that thrive in this area, and indeed, it is not understood the amounts and types that live in this area. There could be rare species, but it has been proposed anyway without all of this research that should have been conducted before selection.

16. GP’s in the area are already oversubscribed. Ratio being 1GP to 1600 patients – currently sat at 1820 patients per GP!! There is no mention of extra provision for this, yet you wish to build 676 homes in this PDA alone and 7900 across the Borough?? Where will all of those extra patients go? Waiting times for a doctor's appt are already horrendous. There is mention of a need for a new primary school for this PDA

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 7 but no mention of secondary?? Where will all of those children go when they are of the appropriate age?

17. Traffic – there is already an issue with parking and traffic congestion in the local area around this PDA7. We have enclosed a pic which is a regular sight to see along Goodyers End Lane of cars parked on double yellow lines causing a huge safety hazard on a sweeping bend. Another 676 homes with maybe one or two cars per household – approx 12 – 1400 more vehicles, will further compound the safety issues that are already there in this area.

18. The Sustainability report scores badly for this area to be developed yet it has been chosen above others anyway. The only high score was for putting lots of affordable housing on the site. No other high scoring benefits were identified. Why was this area chosen for proposal then?? We know it is owned by Nicholas Chamberlain Charity......

19. The impact on crime is described in the report as “unknown”. Crime is already high in this area and police numbers are set to fall again. This will only increase crime.

20. Overall I understand that the Oxford Economics modelling for employment does not compute up to the 12,000 jobs required to sustain the nearly 8000 homes proposed in the Borough Plan? How will this enrich Nuneaton and Bedworth? It will not, it will only cause more poverty and crime.

These are all of our concerns re the Borough Plan and in particular this PDA 7 which it took many hours, weeks and months to find all of the information I needed to refer to in order to raise these issues. As full time working tax paying members of the community we did not have time to look at other PDA’s in depth.

We do not support the proposal to develop PDA7 – We are completely opposed to it for all of the above reasons.

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441/1 V. Chaplin The land is good quality, productive, agricultural, Green Belt land See response 535/1 which is well used, easily accessible and very much appreciated by many of the local residents 441/10 V. Chaplin The land is good quality, productive, agricultural, Green Belt land See response 535/1 which is well used, easily accessible and very much appreciated by many of the local residents. There has been a failure to assess economic loss of the agricultural land on the economy. 441/11 V. Chaplin The core strategy's document states " …sites in the countryside See response 535/1 and Green Belt land would be attractive to commercial house builders. More affordable housing could be saught." This conflicts with the purpose of Green Belt, such as looking for opportunities to provide access; to provide opportunities for outdoor sport and recreation; to retain and enhance landscapes, visual amenity and biodiversity...". The removal of this land from Green Belt is not documented in the Borough Plan nor is its current status acknowledged. 441/12 V. Chaplin There has been a failure to identify and protect irreplaceable See response 535/1 hedges and trees, many of these appear on maps from 1840. Removal of these would be contrary to the council ENV1 policy 441/13 V. Chaplin Long term flooding problems in the area are not addressed in the See response 535/1 plan and there is a failure to ensure the extra development will not increase flooding elsewhere. 441/14 V. Chaplin The sustainability report for this development identifies that this Noted. development "will not directly enhance the vitality and viability of the town centres, thus, potentially undermining the town centre's role and regeneration opportunities." 441/15 V. Chaplin Schools are oversubscribed, so too are the doctors' surgeries, as See response 535/1 patients have to wait over two weeks to get an appointment, or travel to other areas, to be seen. There is no provision for extra healthcare, and the secondary school allocation has been ignored. 441/16 V. Chaplin Crime in the area is already high, police numbers are being cut, See response 535/1 the fire service has been cut. The impact of crime has failed to be

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number assessed for any of the proposed development areas. The sustainability report contains question marks. 441/17 V. Chaplin The local hospital which, in your documentation is reported as Noted. These figures will be reviewed being a 30 minute walk away, is in fact 1 and a half hours away, and amended accordingly. The Council and is in all kinds of trouble, so how could a further 676 dwellings is working with healthcare providers be adequately sustained? through the IDP to ensure that the development is deliverable. 441/18 V. Chaplin The sustainability report scores this development badly and yet it The SA is one piece of evidence has been chosen ahead of others that score higher. The only informing the overall decision making double positive score was given for putting affordable housing on process. However, it should not solely the site, no other double positives were identified. On balance the be used to make decisions regarding scores were negative in the short, medium and long terms, sites. Its findings are meant to help indicating that such a development is not sustainable. mitigate issues in relation to policy and site development. 441/2 V. Chaplin It provides a very pleasant environment in which to walk and take See response 535/1 one's leisure, somewhere where children can play and learn in a stimulating way by being in the countryside. 441/3 V. Chaplin People have moved into the houses surrounding this site with the See response 535/1 knowledge that it is Green Belt land, only now to be told that development is proposed, and they feel very betrayed. 441/4 V. Chaplin The schools are oversubscribed, so too are the local doctors' See response 535/1 surgeries, as patients have to wait over two weeks to get an appointment, or travel miles away to other areas to be seen. 441/5 V. Chaplin Crime in the area is already high, police numbers are being cut, See response 535/1 the fire service has been cut, the local hospital, which, in your documentation is reported as being a 30 minute walk away, is in all kinds of trouble, so how could a further 676 dwellings be adequately sustained. 441/6 V. Chaplin The Council is having difficulty maintaining the mixed social and If problems exist in Council owned private estate adjoining the proposed developmen at the moment, properties these should be reported to so how, with the cuts in funding that they are experiencing, could the Council's Housing team. they deal with another large estate which, we understand, will be social and affordable housing 441/7 V. Chaplin The development, according to the Sustainability Report, will not See response 535/1 bring any advantage to the area, including the Town Centre

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 441/8 V. Chaplin It will have an overall negative effect on the area, environment, See response 535/1 flood risk, air and noise pollution, which is already high from the M6 motorway. 441/9 V. Chaplin It will not raise education or health levels, will encourage the use See response 535/1 of the car, raise unemployment levels and take the only remaining, accessible piece of land in the area. 505 V. Hammond See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 284/1 V. Jackson See 441/10 - 441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 284/10 V. Jackson Poor connection to town centre undermines its role and growth See response 535/1 opportunities, and will increas the use of cars 284/11 V. Jackson Doctors and schools in the area are already overloaded. Waiting See response 535/1 times for appointments are two weeks and more. People are travelling to other places, miles away to see a Doctor. 284/12 V. Jackson Too much of the proposal is housing, with little for recreation. See response 535/1 More high density, social and affordable housing is envisaged, 40 dwellings per hectare. 284/13 V. Jackson The impact on crime is described in the report as unknown. Crime See response 535/1 is already high and police numbers have fallen and are set to fall again 284/14 V. Jackson Lack of employment opportunities in the area. The expected See response 535/1 growth in Prologis park will be too small to support the number of people in the area 284/15 V. Jackson Failure to identify and protect irreplaceable hedges and trees, See response 535/1 many of these hedges appear on maps from 1840 284/16 V. Jackson The development will decrease public access to the Green Belt in See response 535/1 the area, when it is a government requirement on councils to increase it 284/17 V. Jackson There is little space allocated for infrastructure such as allotments See response 535/1 and green spaces 284/18 V. Jackson The Borough Plan does not make clear in any document that this See response 535/1 is Green Belt land and that it is being removed from the Green Belt to be built on. 284/19 V. Jackson The plan states that George Eliot Hospital is within 30 minutes See response 535/1 walking distance when it is over 1 and a half hours and is in all kinds of trouble with treatments, numbers, etc.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 284/2 V. Jackson Taking good quality, productive, agricultural, Green Belt land, See response 535/1 which is well used, easily accessible, and very much appreciated by the local residents 284/20 V. Jackson Lack of planning to improve Bedworth Town Centre, with too See response 535/1 much emphasis on growth in Nuneaton Town Centre 284/21 V. Jackson The distinctiveness of the area will be lost. This development, See response 535/1 together with the other 700 plus dwellings already earmarked in the planning schedules will make continuous development across Bedworth from West to East 284/22 V. Jackson We have already had many major developments in the Bedworth See response 535/1 Heath area and all services are overloaded 284/23 V. Jackson The sustainability report scores badly for this development and yet See response 535/1 it has been chosen ahead of others anyway. The only high score was given for putting lots of affordable housing on the site, no other high scoring benefits were identified. 284/24 V. Jackson I cannot get into Coventry & Warwick University Hospital due to See response 535/1 work load. I have to have an operation at Rugby St Cross due to trauma cases. etc. 284/25 V. Jackson I have concerns about using Green Belt land. This is the easy See response 535/1 option and cheaper for the builders. This land has been left in trust to Bedworth by Nicholas Chamberline Trust.

Where will crops be grown when the land is sold for housing or are we going to import more wheat, etc.? There will be high prices when there is a shortage. 284/26 V. Jackson Infrastructure not capable to support new houses, i.e. electricity See response 535/1 shortage, water, gas, etc. 284/27 V. Jackson Drainage: this will be back down to the brook again. I have a See response 535/1 problem with drainage pictures supplied.

Brook gets full. No drainage. The water table over road to approx 1 foot below ground. If you dig a hole, it will keep filling due to ground drain in fields on farm land.

The floods are due to ORBIT rainwater. Bede Village water

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number running down Mat Farms Drive.

Jephison Housing is built on allotments having many wells underneath. It was an old tannery 284/28 V. Jackson No work opportunities in area. See response 535/1 284/3 V. Jackson Currently provides a pleasant environment in which to walk and See response 535/1 take one's leisure. 284/4 V. Jackson People have moved into houses having been told that the land is See response 535/1 Green Belt and therefore it will not be developed. They now feel betrayed. The core strategy's document states "sites in the countryside and Green Belt land would be attractive to commercial house builders. More affordable housing could be sought." 284/5 V. Jackson Long term flooding problems in the area are not addressed in the See response 535/1 plan and there is a failure to ensure the extra development will not increase flooding elsewhere. 284/6 V. Jackson Poor transport links, in particular roads and buses to town centre See response 535/1 and employment 284/7 V. Jackson All the transport improvements in the report bypass this area. In relation to transport matters suitable mitigation proposals will be developed through the IDP. 284/8 V. Jackson The M6 is already overloaded at peak times and is looking to use In relation to matters such as additional the hard shoulder to try and cope. This will increase the noise in pollution and new roads, this is the area. considered as part of the evidence base, e.g. S-Paramics modelling. Suitable mitigation proposals will be developed through the IDP. Proposals contained within the Preferred Option, such as the distributor road are also considered through the S-Paramics modelling. 284/9 V. Jackson Failure to assess the economic loss of agricultural land on the See response 535/1 economy 580 V. Mille See 441/1-441/9 Proforma letter see response 535/1 448 W. Allison See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 527 W. J. Eaves See 441/10-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number 450 W. Taylor See 441/1-441/18 Proforma letter see response 535/1 558/1 Bedworth Historically, this site was very important, as it had a Medieval 1. The Council are undertaking an Heath Action Moated Manor house built on it, and later another important Historic Environment Assessment to Group house, Broom House, was built on the site. The 1840 Tithe Map consider the heritage assets of the of Bedworth clearly shows these building and the moat around the strategic sites and reasonable Moat house, as well as ancient footpaths criss-crossing the land. alternatives. One such ancient footpath is Hospital Lane, which was altered in 2. The informaton available to the the late 1960s into what we are more familiar today. It is an Council indicates that it is grade 4 extremely pleasant and attractive area with ancient hedgerows, agricultural land. which can be seen on the 1840 Tithe Map. On site there are a 3. The consultation was undertaken in variety of trees, including Oak, Ash, Elm, Holly, Elder, Birch and line with the adopted SCI and an Silver Birch, as well as Meadow Grass and many varieties of tall approved consultation strategy. grass surround the fields. People who live around the edges of 4. In relation to matters such as the fields regularly see foxes, hedgehogs, field mice, great tits, additional pollution and road blue tits, green finches, woodpeckers, dunnocks, hawks, herons, improvements, this is considered as redcap newts, frogs and their spawn and moles. part of the evidence base, e.g. S- Paramics modelling. Suitable mitigation As it has always been, it is good quality agricultural land, of 3a proposals will be developed through the quality. In August it produced crops of oats, barley and oil seed IDP. The IDP and site selection is rape. The land is well used by a huge number of local residents informed by work with service delivery for leisure purposes, such as a meeting place to socialise, walking partners. The IDP sets out the the dog, teaching children about nature, a place of safety for infrastructure needs to support children to play and family picnics. Additionally, the level, development. Consequently matters unobstructed footpath is well used by people who require the use such as addittional GP surgeries will be of some form of disability equipment. It is a real place for the included in the final IDP. whole community! 5. The SFRA has assessed strategic flooding risk within the Borough. The wonderful thing about this piece of Green Belt land is that it is Localised risks of flooding will be accessible from all sides without the need for local residents to assessed on a site by site basis. use their cars. The community is a mix of people who have grown 6. All housing development will be up here since childhood, as well people who have moved here designed to minimise the risk of crime. from outside the region and those who have moved from closer The Council will coninue to work with localities. But the one outstanding reason they live here is down the architectural liaison officer. to this special piece of Bedworth, with its characteristic 7. Public Footpaths will be protected. countryside feel. The Green Infrastructure Plan seeks to enhance and/or create recreational

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number News of the Consultation was not well circulated. Councillors said spaces and routes. that all residents were informed through the Council's In-Touch 8. The Plan contains policies to protect, Magazine. This was not the case. After we had set up Bedworth mitigate or offset biodiversity and Heath Action Group, we decided that we better check if the habitat losses. Further work on residents in our local area knew about the proposal. Nearly biodiversity will be undertaken to inform everyone was unaware of such proposals, so we started a the submission version of the Plan. petition. I also feel that the Planning Department were not very 9. Electricity matters and sewerage helpful. Three times we asked the Department to send a matters will be discussed with the representative to come and talk to the people in our area. The appropriate service delivery partner first time was so that we could turn the last hour of the drop-in through the development of the IDP. session into an open forum, so that the Planners who were already there could be asked questions and give answers so everyone could hear. Unfortunately, this did not happen, although the drop-in event did turn out to be the most successful drop-in session, with a turn-out of about 100 people.

The second time we asked for a representative was when we were thinking of holding a public meeting in the area and wanted a planner to field questions. Again the answer was no. The third time was when the local MP, Dan Byles helped us to arrange a meeting and asked the Council if someone from the Planning Department could answer questions. The answer again was no.

The Plan stated that 676 homes were proposed for Hospital Lane which would be social and affordable homes. The huge Newcomen Road Estate is over 600 houses and consists of social and affordable housing and no one wanted more of the same on the Hospital Lane site. The Newcomen Road Estate is known for its deprived status in many aspects of life: crime, car damage, burglaries, education, health and anti-social behaviour. Tenants were being moved into Newcomen Estate from other deprived areas outside the local area, such as Camp Hill and Coventry. Unfortunately, the established residents, then, saw incidents of crime increase over the recent period. People were being re- housed who had no regard to the rest of the people there or the efforts to improve the Estate. Shouting, noise from motorbikes

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number going up and down the streets, litter, untidiness are constants, as is a total lack of politeness.

There is inadequate infrastructure, socially and physically, in the area. People have to wait over two weeks for a doctors appointment. To be seen more quickly, they were travelling to Bedworth, Camp Hill Walk-in Surgery and Holbrooks in Coventry. Schools are also oversubscribed. I was told by one lady that she had to keep her daughter off school for four months because there were no school places for her.

Flooding is another issue. People have shown us pictures of flooding in the fields and on Hospital Lane. Some residents also have poor supplies of electricity, have low water pressure and have poor sewerage. Some have to have their gardens drained to cope with the flooding.

Smorrell Lane has seen a rise in the number of vehicles and the area is suffering from not being able to cope with the increasing number of vehicles that use the local roads. Approaches into Bedworth Town Centre, for example, are totally inadequate and put pressure on the road improvements that have taken place. Road calming measures have made it even worse. The widening of Smorrell Lane, towards Heath Road has turned it into a speedway. Instead of slowing down traffic, drivers now see how fast they can go as they cut-up oncoming drivers. The proposed housing will, at least, double the number of cars in the area, exacerbating traffic problems as well as not being good for carbon emissions.

There is concern of the density of housing being 40 dwellings per hectare (or 16 per acre). This is higher than the density of private building sites which is usually between 10 to 12 dwellings per acre.

There are also health concerns with the pylons that cross the site.

Response Full Name of Organisation Please add your comment Response Ref Respondent Number One lady who lives near a pylon has had breast cancer twice and there are two ladies in her street who have also had cancer. Although there is no evidence of the correlation between pylons and cancer there is certainly no evidence to the contrary. Other stories include dog walkers getting shocks of the dog leads when approaching the pylons. The pylons on the Newcomen Estate have a 30m buffer zone. This equates to two acres or almost 1 ha, decreasing the amount of land available to develop and consequently may result in an increase in housing density. What sort of dwellings will these be?

The majority view of people in Bedworth North and West, particularly Bedworth Heath, is that too much building has gone on in the area. Building this site will result in a continuous stretch of development across Bedworth from east to west, with the exclusion of one or two parks which cannot be enjoyed by everyone in the area.

The Sustainability Appraisal makes for very intersting reading, as the Hospital Lane site has a very negative score, and is the second least sustainable site out of 10 sites originally assessed. Why is that people wonder? The negative score comes, firstly, from the fact that the site should never have been chosen because it is on the edge of Bedworth and not in the urban area with all the associated infrastructure. Secondly, the site is an agriculturally productive Green Belt site.

In the future it will be more helpful and instructive to make sure all the residents are given as much information as possible preceding the consultation and to not rely on the delivery of the Council's magazine as a way of informing residents on such an important document as the Borough Plan.